Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
Despite the film's title, socialite Linda Vickers (Virginia Mayo) isn't smart enough to steer clear of the gambling den operated by gangster Marty Fain (Bruce Bennett). Forced to join Fain's operation, Linda gets mixed up with duplicity and murder-not to mention a torrid romance with the gangster chief. Interestingly enough, Fain is the more sympathetic of the two leading characters. He seems like a basically nice guy stuck with not-so-nice associates, while Linda comes off as surfacey and selfish. In the end, however, it must be proven to the satisfaction of the censors that crime doesn't pay, especially when the life of Linda's brother "Doc" (Robert Hutton) is at stake. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Starring:
- Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, (more)
- Director(s):
- Richard L. Bare
Synopsis of Smart Girls Don't Talk
Despite the film's title, socialite Linda Vickers (Virginia Mayo) isn't smart enough to steer clear of the gambling den operated by gangster Marty Fain (Bruce Bennett). Forced to join Fain's operation, Linda gets mixed up with duplicity and murder-not to mention a torrid romance with the gangster chief. Interestingly enough, Fain is the more sympathetic of the two leading characters. He seems like a basically nice guy stuck with not-so-nice associates, while Linda comes off as surfacey and selfish. In the end, however, it must be proven to the satisfaction of the censors that crime doesn't pay, especially when the life of Linda's brother "Doc" (Robert Hutton) is at stake. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Smart Girls Don't Talk
- Virginia Mayo - Linda Vickers
- Tom D'Andrea - Sparky Lynch
- Helen Westcott - Toni Peters
- Ben Welden - Nelson Clark
- Phyllis Coates - Cigarette Girl
- Creighton Hale - Apartment House Clerk
- Bud Cokes - Gunman
- Robert Hutton - "Doc" Vickers
- Harry Hayden
- Jack Mower - Houseman
- Bruce Bennett - Marty Fain
- Richard Rober - Lt. McReady
- Richard Benedict - Cliff Saunders
- Richard Walsh - Johnny Warjak
- Eddie Foster
- Leo White - Headwaiter
- George Hoagland
- Edna M. Harris - Miss Frey
- Philo McCullough - Roulette Croupier
- Ted Stanhope - Bert
- Director(s):
- Richard L. Bare
- Writer(s):
- William Sackheim
- Producer(s):
- Saul Elkins
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