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Woman in Distress

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Woman in Distress

Trigger-fast excitement!

6.0

0h 58m

1937

“Trigger-fast excitement!”

Synopsis

Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the possession of an elderly spinster, a male newspaper reporter and his female rival determine that it is genuine but subsequently learn it has been stolen by a gang of art thieves who plan to kill the spinster to prevent her from later identifying it.

Director

Lynn Shores

DramaComedyCrime

newspaperpaintingrembrandtreporter

Cast & Crew

May Robson

May Robson

as Phoebe Tuttle

Irene Hervey

Irene Hervey

as Irene Donovan

Dean Jagger

Dean Jagger

as Fred Stevens

Douglass Dumbrille

Douglass Dumbrille

as Jerome Culver

Arthur Loft

Arthur Loft

as Stu Saddler

Charles C. Wilson

Charles C. Wilson

as Editor Herbert Claxton

Gene Morgan

Gene Morgan

as Slug Beemis

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

as Emory

George C. Pearce

George C. Pearce

as Sam, the hotel proprietor

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