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Directed by William Clemens Story by Anthony Coldeway Director William Clemens Screenplay George Bricker | 6.1/10 IMDb Screenplay by George Bricker Music by Howard Jackson Film series Torchy Blane Music director Howard Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Hal B. Wallis
Jack L. Warner Starring Lola Lane
Paul Kelly
Tom Kennedy Initial release 17 April 1938 (New York City) Cast Lola Lane, Tom Kennedy, Paul Kelly, Betty Compson, John Ridgely Similar Tom Kennedy movies, Journalism movies, Detective movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Torchy Blane in Panama is a 1938 American mystery film directed by William Clemens. It stars Lola Lane, Paul Kelly, and Tom Kennedy. It was released on May 7, 1938. This is the fifth film in a series of "Torchy Blane" movies by Warner Bros. and is followed by Torchy Gets Her Man. Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan is on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to Los Angeles via the Panama Canal.
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Plot
When policeman Gahagan (Tom Kennedy) witnessed a bank robbery during a parade of the Loyal Order of Leopards, he rushes off to call his boss, Steve McBride (Paul Kelly). Moments after Steve arrives at the bank, reporter Torchy Blane (Lola Lane) Steve's girlfriend arrived and does her own investigating. She is miffed to find another reporter there ahead of her. When Steve ignores her after she finds a lodge button wedged in a teller's cage, Torchy write the story in her newspaper.
Determined to scoop the other newspapers, Torchy convinces her boyfriend Steve that the perpetrator of the recent bank robbery will travel with the Los Angeles delegation of Leopards; traveling via the Panama Canal and exchange the stolen money outside the country. Steve leaves without Torchy. Torchy decides to parachute into the ocean, forcing the ocean liner to rescue her. On board, she ignores Steve and talks to all the Leopards, trying to identify the thief. Her attention focuses on Stan Crafton after Gahagan tells her that he did not know the secret Leopard handshake.
A search of his room came up empty. Stan sees Torchy leaving his room with Steve, he decides to sneaks off the boat in Panama with the money, which he has hidden in a stuffed leopard mascot. Torchy saw him leave and follows him, she leaves a note for Steve, explaining the situation. As soon as the ship docks at the other end of the Canal, Steve flies back to look for Torchy. In the meantime, Stan has caught Torchy spying on him and plans to kill her. Steve spots her wet clothes drying on Stan's balcony and breaks in, shooting him. Gahagan helps Torchy with her newspaper story and Steve proposes again.
Cast
Production
This is the first of two Torchy Blane movies to star an actress other than Glenda Farrell as Torchy and Barton MacLane as Steve. Farrell and MacLane returned to the series for three additional films, with the last film in the series Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939) featuring Jane Wyman and Allen Jenkins.
Home media
Warner Archive released a boxed set DVD collection featuring all nine Torchy Blane films on March 29, 2011.