Lady Scarface
| Lady Scarface | |
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| Directed by | Frank Woodruff |
| Screenplay by | Arnaud d'Usseau Richard Collins |
| Produced by | Cliff Reid |
| Starring | Dennis O'Keefe Judith Anderson Mildred Coles |
| Cinematography | Nicholas Musuraca |
| Edited by | Harry Marker |
| Music by | Dave Dreyer |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lady Scarface is a 1941 American crime drama film directed by Frank Woodruff and starring Dennis O'Keefe, Judith Anderson, and Mildred Coles.[1][2] It was produced and distributed by RKO Pictures.
Plot
[edit]The scar-faced gangster Slade is on the loose. Lieutenant Bill Mason travels to a hotel in New York to try and track her down. In New York Lt. Mason works together with Lt. Onslow and the crime reporter Ann Rogers to catch Slade, under the assumption that she is a man. An innocent couple at the hotel inadvertently gets involved.[1][3]
Cast
[edit]- Dennis O'Keefe as Lt. Bill Mason
- Judith Anderson as Slade
- Frances E. Neal as Ann Rogers
- Mildred Coles as Mary Jordan Powell
- Eric Blore as Mr. Hartford
- Marc Lawrence as Lefty Landers
- Damian O'Flynn as Lt. Onslow
- Andrew Tombes as Art Seidel, hotel detective
- Marion Martin as Ruby, aka Mary Jordan
- Arthur Shields as Matt Willis
- Rand Brooks as James 'Jimmy' Powell
- Lee Bonnell as George Atkins
- Harry Burns as Big 'Sem' Semenoff
References
[edit]- ^ a b Pfeiffer, Lee. "REVIEW: "LADY SCARFACE" (1941) STARRING DENNIS O'KEEFE, JUDITH ANDERSON AND FRANCES NEAL; WARNER ARCHIVE DVD RELEASE". Cinema Retro. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
- ^ Fetrow p.260
- ^ realthog. "Lady Scarface (1941)". Noirish. WordPress. Retrieved 17 June 2022.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
External links
[edit]- Lady Scarface at IMDb
- Lady Scarface at the TCM Movie Database
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- 1941 films
- 1941 crime drama films
- American crime drama films
- Films produced by Cliff Reid
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- RKO Pictures films
- Films directed by Frank Woodruff
- 1940s American films
- 1940s English-language films
- English-language crime drama films
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