Lady Gangster (1942)

5.5 ? Apr 01, 1942 1h 2m

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Overview

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners have different ideas.

Overview

Genres

Crime Drama

Release Date

April 01, 1942

Rating

5.5 /10

Runtime

1h 2m

Faye Emerson

Dorothy Burton

Julie Bishop

Myrtle Reed

Frank Wilcox

Kenneth Phillips

Roland Drew

Carey Wells

Jackie Gleason

Wilson

Ruth Ford

Lucy Fenton

Virginia Brissac

Mrs. Stoner

Dorothy Vaughan

Jenkins

Dorothy Adams

Deaf Annie

William Hopper

John

Vera Lewis

Ma Silsby

Herbert Rawlinson

Lewis Sinton

Peggy Diggins

Mary

Charles C. Wilson

Detective

William Phillips

Stew

Frank Mayo

Walker

Leah Baird

Matron

Fred Kelsey

Policeman (uncredited)

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6.0/10

Jun 26, 2022

This certainly doesn't hang about - it is a fast paced and quite enjoyable crime noir. Faye Emerson plays "Dot" who is the stooge at a bank robbery. Her only problem is that the robbers get away with $40,000 and she gets caught and sent to jail; not before, that is, she reclaims the missing loot and deposits it with her landlady for safe-keeping. One of her fellow inmates can lip read, realises what's she's done and her life takes a turn for the more dangerous... It's got pretty soggy dialogue and the prison is more like a YWCA with fewer bars. There's a fun car chase at the end, though....

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