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Lady Gangster is a american film of genre Drama directed by Robert Florey released in USA on 1 april 1942 with Faye Emerson

Lady Gangster (1942)

Lady Gangster
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Released in USA 1 april 1942
Length 1h2
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Drama,    Crime
Rating57% 2.854132.854132.854132.854132.85413

Lady Gangster is a 1942 Warner Bros. B picture film noir directed by Robert Florey credited as "Florian Roberts", and was based on the play Gangstress, or Women in Prison, by Dorothy Mackaye who had spent ten months in San Quentin Prison of a one to three years sentence, and is a remake of the pre-Code film, Ladies They Talk About (1933). Jackie Gleason plays a supporting role.

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Faye Emerson

(Dorothy Burton)Julie Bishop

(Myrtle Reed)Frank Wilcox

(Kenneth Phillips)Roland Drew

(Carey Wells)Jackie Gleason

(Wilson)
And :
Ruth Ford
Virginia Brissac
Dorothy Adams
William Hopper
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