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Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
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William Sackheim (original screenplay)
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9 October 1948 (USA)
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On the Screen...and Hot! THE TAPPED-WIRE STORY OF TODAY'S "SMART GIRLS"! more
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Linda Vickers gets mixed up with gambler Marty Fain. One of Fain's henchmen uses her car in a killing...
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Virginia Mayo | ... | Linda Vickers |
 | Bruce Bennett | ... | Marty Fain |
| Robert Hutton | ... | 'Doc' Vickers |
| Tom D'Andrea | ... | Sparky Lynch |
| Richard Rober | ... | Lt. McReady |
| Helen Westcott | ... | Toni Peters |
| Richard Benedict | ... | Cliff Saunders |
| Ben Welden | ... | Nelson Clark |
| Richard Walsh | ... | Johnny Warjak |
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81 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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It Had to Be You
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This is one of those movies that ought to be good, but isn't. Probably because the dictates of plot require characters to change their stripes every 10 minutes, so that by the time we reached plot twist number 20, the willing suspension of disbelief is gone.
Too bad, too, because the setup is a good one, and star Virginia Mayo is a babe of the first order. Is Virginia Mayo a selfish wench that does not care that she is dating a gangster who casually orders his enemies killed? Or is she just clueless, because the gangster has been to the right schools, and does romantic banter in the best old movie tradition? Who knows? The tension could have been interesting, but the melodrama of the plot requires that those questions be dumped, as the well-educated, successful gangster makes some really stupid business management decisions, and new characters show up, act foolishly, and kick the plot in predictable directions. But hang on until the absolute end of the movie to see perhaps the most inappropriate romantic gesture EVER.