Convicted

19381938
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58m

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5.7/10

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Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence, and Charles Quigley in Convicted (1938)

Action Crime Drama

Police Detective Burns (Charles Quigley) is helping Jerry Wheeler (Rita Hayworth), a night-club singer, track down the killer of a gold-digger, for which crime her brother, "Chick," (Edgar E... Read allPolice Detective Burns (Charles Quigley) is helping Jerry Wheeler (Rita Hayworth), a night-club singer, track down the killer of a gold-digger, for which crime her brother, "Chick," (Edgar Edwards) has been sentenced to die in the electric chair. She finds evidence that convinces... Read allPolice Detective Burns (Charles Quigley) is helping Jerry Wheeler (Rita Hayworth), a night-club singer, track down the killer of a gold-digger, for which crime her brother, "Chick," (Edgar Edwards) has been sentenced to die in the electric chair. She finds evidence that convinces her that Milton Militis (Marc Lawrence), owner of a nightclub, is the killer. She gets a ... Read all

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5.7/10

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Director
- Leon Barsha
Writers
- Cornell Woolrich(story "Face Work")
- Edgar Edwards(screenplay)
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Rita Hayworth and Doreen MacGregor in Convicted (1938)

Rita Hayworth and Charles Quigley in Convicted (1938)

Rita Hayworth, Marc Lawrence, Doreen MacGregor, George McKay, and Charles Quigley in Convicted (1938)

Trivia
This was the fifth of the five Columbia Pictures' quickies in which Rita Hayworth was teamed with Charles Quigley. She later duplicated this number when cast with Glenn Ford.

Connections
Featured in Dreamland: A History of Early Canadian Movies 1895-1939 (1974)

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5/10

Loyal sister and great detective

Rita Hayworth was a woman on the upward move in her Hollywood career. Convicted was one of a series of B films she did honing her craft before she became Columbia Picture's ruling queen. Studio head Harry Cohn brought her along slowly, but the results were worth it.

The role in Convicted call for a couple of dance numbers and as we know before she was Rita Hayworth she was Marguerite Carmen Cansino of the Dancing Casinos. Hayworth is the sister of Edgar Edwards and she's trying to break up his romance with golddigger Phyllis Clare. When Clare is strangled Edwards is found bending over the body at the scene by a maid. Her testimony convicts Edwards and he's facing the electric chair.

That's when his loyal sister goes to work with some help from police detective Charles Quigley who never quite believed Edwards was guilty.

Other than Rita Hayworth the only other person who had any real career in the cast is Marc Lawrence who plays both a nightclub owner and owner of the building where Clare was killed.

Convicted is a chance to see a star being born.

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