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That Brennan Girl

  • 19461946
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 35m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
325
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That Brennan Girl (1946)
DramaRomance
A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother, herself.A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother, herself.A mother encourages Ziggy, her teen daughter, to grow up quickly, and her boyfriend recruits Ziggy into his racket. Living fast and loose, Ziggy is soon a single mother, herself.
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
325
YOUR RATING
    • Alfred Santell
    • Adela Rogers St. Johns(story)
    • Doris Anderson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • James Dunn
    • Mona Freeman
    • William Marshall
    • Alfred Santell
    • Adela Rogers St. Johns(story)
    • Doris Anderson(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • James Dunn
    • Mona Freeman
    • William Marshall
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 13User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    June Duprez and Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    Marion Martin in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    June Duprez and Marion Martin in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    James Dunn and Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    James Dunn and Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    James Dunn in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    Mona Freeman and William Marshall in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    James Dunn and Mona Freeman in That Brennan Girl (1946)
    Mona Freeman and William Marshall in That Brennan Girl (1946)

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    James Dunn
    James Dunn
    • Denny Reagan
    Mona Freeman
    Mona Freeman
    • Ziggy Brennan
    William Marshall
    William Marshall
    • CPO Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson
    June Duprez
    June Duprez
    • Natalie Brennan
    Frank Jenks
    Frank Jenks
    • Joe the Cabbie
    Dorothy Vaughan
    Dorothy Vaughan
    • Mrs. Reagan, Denny's Mother
    Charles Arnt
    Charles Arnt
    • Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
    Rosalind Ivan
    Rosalind Ivan
    • Mrs. Merryman the Nosey Landlady
    Fay Helm
    Fay Helm
    • Helen, Ziggy's Neighbor
    Bill Kennedy
    Bill Kennedy
    • Arthur, Helen's Husband
    Connie Leon
    • Miss Jane, Merryman Resident
    Edythe Elliott
    • Miss Unity, Jane's Sister
    Sarah Padden
    Sarah Padden
    • Mrs. Graves, the Nice Landlady
    Jean Stevens
    • Dottie, Natalie's Friend
    Lucien Littlefield
    Lucien Littlefield
    • The Florist
    Marion Martin
    Marion Martin
    • Marion, Natalie's Girl Friend
    • (as Marian Martin)
    Bebe Allen
    • Teenager
    • (uncredited)
    Barbara Bettinger
    • School Girl
    • (uncredited)
      • Alfred Santell
      • Adela Rogers St. Johns(story)
      • Doris Anderson(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      Last film directed by Alfred Santell.
    • Quotes

      Denny Reagan: And for a rainy day, give me diamonds over dames every time.

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      It's the Talk of the Town
      (uncredited)

      Written by Marty Symes, Al Neiburg and Jerry Livingston

    User reviews13

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    6/10
    That Brennan Girl
    Hmmm. This film takes a pretty long time to depict the tribulations of the eponymous, pretty and shallow girl "Ziggy" (Mona Freeman) who lives with her floozy mother "Natalie" (June Duprez). This sets the scenario for the film: she's a bit of a chancer who lives her life fleecing gents and committing petty larceny. When she alights on "Denny" (James Dunn), they up their game and start to illicitly divert the furniture of people moving house - quite a lucrative trade, as it turns out. There is a little hope for the girl, though - she falls in love with a naval officer who is content to let her put her past behind her. Sadly, though, he heads off to war and is killed leaving her, quite literally, holding the baby. Nope, we are not yet done with the calamities the befall the girl. Now, she rather thoughtlessly goes on a date, leaving her newborn baby alone in her lodgings; the bairn falls from her cot, is rescued by a neighbour and the ensuing tribunal removes the child from the care of "Ziggy". What can she do? On a very wet night, she finds herself outside a church. In she goes, hoping to find some spiritual comfort and instead finds a baby abandoned on a pew - this is her Damascan moment, and you can easily guess the rest. There is an element of salvation, eventually, but otherwise this is really quite a dreary tale of a self-destructive character that engenders very little sympathy over a long 95 minutes. Freeman tries hard with the part, but she doesn't really click for me - a sort of poor man's Jean Simmons. Frank Jinks is quite engaging as the cabbie "Joe", perhaps the only one in the whole film with any semblance of decency, otherwise it's just an unremarkable melodrama.
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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1946 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Republic Pictures (I)
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    • 1 hour 35 minutes
      • Black and White

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