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Public Deb No. 1

Howlingly hilarious...as her penniless boy friend smacks some sense into her!

4.4

1h 19m

1940

“Howlingly hilarious...as her penniless boy friend smacks some sense into her!”

Synopsis

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.

Director

Gregory Ratoff

Comedy

spankingcommunist rally

Cast & Crew

George Murphy

George Murphy

as Alan Blake

Brenda Joyce

Brenda Joyce

as Penny Cooper

Charles Ruggles

Charles Ruggles

as Milburn

Ralph Bellamy

Ralph Bellamy

as Bruce Fairchild

Mischa Auer

Mischa Auer

as Grisha

Elsa Maxwell

Elsa Maxwell

as Herself

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

as Hugh Stackett

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

as Bartender

Maxie Rosenbloom

Maxie Rosenbloom

as Eric

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