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The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Theatrical
Nov 13, 1937
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First National Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Full credits →G
Glenda Farrell
Torchy Blane
B
Barton MacLane
Det. Lt. Steve McBride
A
Anne Nagel
Grace Brown
T
Tom Kennedy
Detective Gahagan
G
George E. Stone
Pete, a Reporter
N
Natalie Moorhead
Theresa Gray
W
William Hopper
Matt, a Reporter
C
Charley Foy
Dud, lead reporter
A
Anderson Lawler
Hugo Brand
B
Bobby Watson
Mugsy, a reporter
C
Charles Cahill Wilson
Mortimer Gray
V
Virginia Brissac
Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
L
Leyland Hodgson
Harvey Hammond
R
Raymond Hatton
Editor Maxie Monkhouse
F
Frank Shannon
Captain McTavish
J
Jimmy Conlin
Dr. Bolger, coroner
J
Jeff York
Dr. Nally
J
James Adamson
Porter (uncredited)
D
Daisy Bufford
Daisy, maid (uncredited)
D
Dudley Dickerson
Porter (uncredited)
Torchy Blane Collection
Torchy Blane is a fictional female reporter starring in a series of films in the 1930s. A total of nine films were produced by Warner Bros. between 1937 and 1939.The Torchy Blane film series were mixt...
