Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing ...
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| Cast overview: | |||
| Fredric March | ... | Sam Wye | |
| Joan Bennett | ... | Kay Kerrigan | |
| Ralph Bellamy | ... | Ben Blodgett | |
| Ann Sothern | ... | Jean Livingstone | |
| Sidney Blackmer | ... | Thomas Bruhme II | |
| Thomas Mitchell | ... | Police Commissioner Blackton | |
| Robert Elliott | ... | Captain George Faulkiner | |
| Joyce Compton | ... | Mrs. Johnson | |
| Richard Tucker | ... | John Johnson | |
| Dorothy Comingore | ... | Ann (as Linda Winters) | |
| Wilma Francis | ... | Judy | |
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Kay Kerrigan commits a murder and then changes her hair color, assumes a new identity and flees the country by ship. She's unaware that she's being followed by Sam Wye, a skirt chasing detective. The two soon develop a shipboard romance. Will Sam be able to bring Kay back to the States and likely imprisonment? Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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EnglishRelease Date:
28 December 1938 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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$738,733 (estimated)Company Credits
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(1834) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played on the piano by both Joan Bennett and Fredric March
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Prelude Opus 28 No. 7(1834) (uncredited)
Written by Frédéric Chopin
Played on the piano by both Joan Bennett and Fredric March
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I saw this on TCM and regretted not recording it because it was such a good movie. It is not great theater, but it is totally enjoyable, and the home movie quality of the backgrounds adds to the fun. It begins with a passionate Kay Kerrigan (Bennett) shooting the heartless man whose indifference drove Kerrigan's beloved sister to suicide. Pursued by the police, Kerrigan flees the country. The police send Sam Wye (Frederic March) a private detective who spends more time chasing women than bad guys to catch Kerrigan. Wye's secretary (Ann Southern), and a moronic policeman (Ralph Bellamy) join in the chase. Dorothy Parker was one of the writers and there are plenty of fun exchanges between the principals that are typical of the witty Ms. Parker. There are twists and turns to the plot, and the scenery is great (the technical quality is not great). The movie has not been released by whoever produced it (Wanger, the long time real life Mr. Bennett's estate?), but it is not copyrighted and I finally found a non-professionally made CD on ebay. Fun, good, late 1930's movie. Southern and Bellamy are hysterical.