Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite
| Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Noel M. Smith |
| Produced by | Bryan Foy |
| Screenplay by |
Earle Snell Charles Belden |
| Story by | Scott Littleton |
| Starring |
Jane Wyman Allen Jenkins Tom Kennedy |
| Music by | Howard Jackson |
| Cinematography | Arthur L. Todd |
| Edited by | Harold McLernon |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 59 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite is a 1939 American comedy-mystery film directed by Noel M. Smith and written by Earle Snell and Charles Belden. The film stars Jane Wyman, Allen Jenkins, Tom Kennedy and Sheila Bromley. It was released on August 12, 1939.[1][2][3] This is the final film in a series of nine "Torchy Blane" movie by Warner Bros.
Plot
While in court for a traffic ticket, reporter Torchy Blane encounters Jackie Maguire, who is the girlfriend of notorious bank robber Denver Eddie, she is sentenced to jail for shoplifting. Torchy gets herself thrown into jail, so that she can befriends Jackie. And with the help and collusion of the police and her boyfriend detective Steve McBride, she escaped the women's prison with Jackie to San Francisco, where Jackie is meeting her boyfriend. They are followed by Steve and Gahagan. Steve hopes to capture Denver Eddie to collected the $5000 reward as a down payment for a house for him and Torchy. Denver is arrested when he attends a wrestling match at the arena with Jackie and Torchy, between Gahagan (posed as a wrestler named Harry the Horse) and The Bone Crusher.
Cast
- Jane Wyman as Torchy Blane
- Allen Jenkins as Lt. Steve McBride
- Tom Kennedy as Gahagan
- Sheila Bromley as 'Jackie' McGuire
- Joe Cunningham as Maxie
- Eddie Marr as Denver Eddie
- Edgar Dearing as Jim Simmons
- Frank Shannon as Inspector McTavish
- Bruce MacFarlane as Bugsie
- George Lloyd as Harp
- Aldrich Bowker as Judge Hershey
Torchy Blane series
- Smart Blonde (1937)
- Fly-Away Baby (1937)
- The Adventurous Blonde (1937)
- Blondes at Work (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Panama (1938)
- Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
- Torchy Runs for Mayor (1939)
- Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite (1939)
References
- ↑ "Torchy Blane...Playing with Dynamite (1939)". TCM.com. 2010-03-27. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Torchy Plays with Dynamite (1939)". New York Time. Retrieved 2015-09-04.
- ↑ "Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite". Afi.com. Retrieved 2015-09-04.