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Directed by Ray McCarey Screenplay by Earle Snell Cinematography Warren Lynch Director Ray McCarey Screenplay Earle Snell | 6.4/10 IMDb Produced by Bryan Foy Music by Howard Jackson Initial release 13 May 1939 (USA) Film series Torchy Blane Music director Howard Jackson | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Glenda Farrell
Barton MacLane Cast Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, George Guhl, Irving Bacon Similar Glenda Farrell movies, Movies about newspapers, Journalism movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Torchy Runs for Mayor is a 1939 American drama-comedy film directed by Ray McCarey. The film stars Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. This is the eighth film in the "Torchy Blane" movie series by Warner Bros. It was released on May 13, 1939. The film is followed by Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite.
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Plot
Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) writes a series of articles criticizing the mayor John Saunders, accusing him of colluding with local crime boss Dr. Dolan (John Miljan) and Dolan's illegal activities. Torchy is getting all her information straight from the mayor's office, using a listening device. Torchy's boyfriend, detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is concerned about the articles, believing that they are placing her in danger. Dolan asks his allies to withdraw advertising from Torchy's newspaper and pressure her editor into canceling her articles. Torchy is determined to prove that her articles are correct. She overhears Dolan telling the mayor about his "little red book" with all of his transactions and illegal payoffs and finds the book after breaking into Dolan's house. Dolan reports the burglary to police and demand the return of his book.
Torchy writers more article exposing Dolan, but her story is rejected by her newspaper editor, fearing more syndicate will pull advertising from the paper. She goes to all other newspapers, who all refused to print the story. When she encounters Hogarth Ward (Irving Bacon) the publisher of a small and relatively unknown newspaper. She decides to print the story herself and distributed the publication around the city with the help of Gahagan (Tom Kennedy). After Torchy revealed the mayor's corruption, the resultant publicity forces a recall election with the citizens chose Hubert Ward as the new candidate running against the corrupt mayor.
However, during the election, Hubert Ward is murder by Dolan with a fatal injection. Steve, who is annoyed at Torchy's interference, writes her name as the new candidate as a joke. To his dismay, Torchy decides to run for mayor seriously and is winning voters. Dolan's man kidnaps Torchy and drugged her. Steve threatens Dolan to no avail but found an address where he believes Dolan is keeping Torchy. Steve and Gahagan track down the house and fights Dolan and his man and saves Torchy. A half dozen policeman arrived at the house arresting them. Dolan manages to escape in Gahagan's police car but is killed when the car explodes. Torchy wins the election but decided that she didn't want to be the mayor.
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Home media
Warner Archive released a boxed set DVD collection featuring all nine Torchy Blane films on March 29, 2011.