Lady Gangster
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Director Robert Florey Cinematography Arthur L. Todd Country USA | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Crime, Drama Duration Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date April 1, 1942 Based on Women in Prison
1932 play
by Dorothy Mackaye
Carlton Miles Writer Anthony Coldeway (screenplay), Dorothy Mackaye (play), Carlton Miles (play) Genres Drama, Crime Fiction, Black-and-white Cast Faye Emerson (Dorothy Drew Burton), Julie Bishop (Myrtle Reed), Frank Wilcox (Kenneth Phillips), Roland Drew (Carey Wells), Jackie Gleason (Wilson), Ruth Ford (Lucy Fenton)Similar movies The Equalizer , Legend , John Wick , Gangster Squad , Brick Mansions , American Gangster | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lady Gangster is a 1942 Warner Bros. B picture film noir directed by Robert Florey, credited as "Florian Roberts". It is based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison by Dorothy Mackaye, who had spent ten months of a one-to-three-years sentence in San Quentin State Prison. Lady Gangster is a remake of the pre-Code film, Ladies They Talk About (1933). Jackie Gleason plays a supporting role.
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Lady gangster 1942 crime noir
Plot
Dorothy "Dot" Burton (Faye Emerson) is a member of a gang of bank robbers. Using her femininity and a cute dog provided her by her male cohorts who dognapped him, she is able to enter a bank before opening time, leaving the door open and the bank guard holding her dog, thus enabling a successful robbery. When police interfere with the getaway she faints and proclaims her innocence, however the police have strong doubts as "her" dog won't come to her and has a different name on his collar than what she calls him. After she confesses to her part in the robbery, she is sent to women's prison where she makes enemies of fellow inmates seeking Dot's share of the money.
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