Lady Gangster

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Lady Gangster

Directed by	Robert Florey
Written by	Anthony Coldeway (writer) Dorothy Mackaye (play) Carlton Miles (play)
Starring	Faye Emerson Julie Bishop
Music by	Various
Cinematography	Arthur L. Todd
Editing by	Harold McLernon
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release dates	April 1, 1942
Running time	62 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

Lady Gangster is a 1942 Warner Bros. B picture directed by Robert Florey credited as "Florian Roberts". It was based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison, by Dorothy Mackaye, and is considered to be a remake of the pre-Code film, Ladies They Talk About. Jackie Gleason plays a supporting role.

Plot

Dorothy "Dot" Burton 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 enabling a successful robbery. When police interfere with the getaway she faints and proclaims her innocence, however police investigators have strong doubts as "her" dog won't come to her and has a different name on his collar than what she calls him. Kenneth, a broadcaster is determined she is innocent and in an attack on the District Attorney gets her freedom. Dot confesses her part in the robbery and is sent to women's prison where she makes enemies of the inmates who are seeking Dot's share of the money.

Cast

Faye Emerson as Dorothy Drew Burton
Julie Bishop as Myrtle Reed
Frank Wilcox as Kenneth Phillips
Roland Drew as Carey Wells
Jackie Gleason as Wilson
Ruth Ford as Lucy Fenton
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Stoner
Dorothy Vaughan as Matron Jenkins
Dorothy Adams as Deaf Annie
William Hopper as John
Vera Lewis as Ma Silsby
Herbert Rawlinson as Lewis Sinton
Peggy Diggins as Mary, a trustee
Charles C. Wilson as Detective
William 'Bill' Phillips as Stew
Frank Mayo as Walker
Leah Baird as Matron

Soundtrack

"Blues in the Night" (Music by Harold Arlen)

External links

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v t e Films directed by Robert Florey

1920s	The Hole in the Wall (1929) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Battle of Paris (1929)

1930s	Murders in the Rue Morgue (1932) The Man Called Back (1932) Those We Love (1932) Girl Missing (1933) Ex-Lady (1933) The House on 56th Street (1933) Registered Nurse (1934) Smarty (1934) I Sell Anything (1934) I Am a Thief (1934) The Woman in Red (1935) The Florentine Dagger (1935) Going Highbrow (1935) Don't Bet on Blondes (1935) Ship Cafe (1935) The Payoff (1935) The Preview Murder Mystery (1936) Till We Meet Again (1936) Hollywood Boulevard (1936) Outcast (1937) King of Gamblers (1937) Mountain Music (1937) This Way Please (1937) Daughter of Shanghai (1937) Dangerous to Know (1938) King of Alcatraz (1938) Disbarred (1939) Hotel Imperial (1939) The Magnificent Fraud (1939) Death of a Champion (1939)

1940s	Parole Fixer (1940) Women Without Names (1940) The Face Behind the Mask (1941) Meet Boston Blackie (1941) Two in a Taxi (1941) Dangerously They Live (1941) Lady Gangster (1941) The Desert Song (1943) Roger Touhy, Gangster (1944) Man from Frisco (1944) God Is My Co-Pilot (1945) Danger Signal (1945) The Beast with Five Fingers (1946) Tarzan and the Mermaids (1948) Rogues' Regiment (1948) Outpost in Morocco (1949) The Crooked Way (1949)

1950s	The Vicious Years (1950) Johnny One-Eye (1950)

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