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Cast
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| George Brent | ... |
Police Inspector Patten
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| Ruth Hall | ... |
Paula Brent
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| John Wray | ... |
Hugo
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| Elizabeth Patterson | ... |
Juliet Mitchell
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| C. Henry Gordon | ... |
Dr. Stuart
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Arthur Glenn
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| Mary Doran | ... |
Florence Lenz
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| Blanche Friderici | ... |
Mary
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Second Nurse
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| Allan Lane | ... |
Herbert Wynn
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| Nigel De Brulier | ... |
Coroner James A. Clemp
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| Eulalie Jensen | ... |
Miss Gibbons - Superintendent of Nurses
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| Lucien Littlefield | ... |
Henderson
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Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death. Written by Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
30 July 1932 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Fasornas hus See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Taxi Driver: There is no change.
Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton: Then we're even.
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The secret marriage license shows the names "Herbert Wynne" and "Paula Brent". In newspaper headline, the surname is spelled "Wynn". See more »Quotes
Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton: Here's a dollar, keep the change.Taxi Driver: There is no change.
Nurse Adams, aka Miss Pinkerton: Then we're even.
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As far as I know, "Miss Pinkerton" is the only old-dark-house whodunit that Joan Blondell ever made (though she has played the amateur detective, as she does here, several times) (and maybe you could count "Topper Returns"). She's a joy, as always. The film employs nearly all the genre cliches (only a thunderstorm is missing), and has so many sinister characters that, as Blondell herself says to inspector George Brent, "You have arrested everyone in this cast except me!". There is so much plot to be covered in 65 minutes that you cannot afford not to pay attention or you'll be lost. If they had made another "Miss Pinkerton" film with the team of Blondell and Brent, I would watch it. **1/2 out of 4.