Smart Blonde

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Smart Blonde

"Gently LIKE A SOCK IN THE JAW!...Torchy Blane will win your smiles!"

1937

0h 59m

6.1(11 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Overview

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

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Cast & Crew

43 members

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Glenda Farrell

Torchy Blane

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Barton MacLane

Steve McBride

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Wini Shaw

Dolly Ireland

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Addison Richards

Fitz Mularkay

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Robert Paige

Lewis Friel

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Craig Reynolds

Tom Carney

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Charlotte Wynters

Marcia Friel

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Jane Wyman

Dixie

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Joseph Crehan

Tiny Torgensen

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Tom Kennedy

Gahagan

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John Sheehan

Leon Blyfuss

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Max Wagner

Chuck Cannon

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George Lloyd

Pickney Sax

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Joe Cunningham

City Editor (uncredited)

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George Guhl

Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

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Carlyle Moore Jr.

Harry (uncredited)

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Alexander Cross

Det. Klein (uncredited)

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Eddy Chandler

Det. Marsotto (uncredited)

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Glen Cavender

Trooper Sergeant (uncredited)

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Frank Faylen

Ambulance Driver (uncredited)

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Bess Flowers

Nurse (uncredited)

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Milton Kibbee

Harms (uncredited)

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Wayne Morris

Railroad Information Clerk (uncredited)

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Harry Fox

Coroner's Man (uncredited)

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Eddie Graham

Dancer (uncredited)

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Al Herman

Bartender (uncredited)

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Al Hill

2nd Taxi Driver (uncredited)

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Robert Homans

Cop (uncredited)

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Harry Jacobson

Hotel Clerk (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Club Patron (uncredited)

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Dennis Moore

Luke (uncredited)

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Lyle Moraine

Jones (uncredited)

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Henry Otho

Cop Guarding Room (uncredited)

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Paul Panzer

Blind Beggar (uncredited)

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Allen Pomeroy

1st Cabbie (uncredited)

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John J. Richardson

Bert Richards (uncredited)

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Cliff Saum

Train Conductor (uncredited)

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Ferdinand Schumann-Heink

Reporter Grant (uncredited)

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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Redcap Getting Tip (uncredited)

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Martin Turner

1st Redcap (uncredited)

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Tom Wilson

Janitor with Hose (uncredited)

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Jack Wise

Hymie (uncredited)

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Frank Bruno

Boze (uncredited)

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