Torchy Plays with Dynamite (1939)
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Torchy Plays with Dynamite was the final entry in Warner Bros.' "Torchy Blane" series, based on characters created by Frederick Nebel. Taking over from series star Glenda Farrell, Jane Wyman imitates Farrell to the nth degree, right down to the mile-a-minute dialogue delivery and the angle of her hat. Hoping to get the goods on gangster Denver Eddie (Eddie Marr), intrepid girl reporter Torchy Blane (Wyman) gets herself arrested and thrown into the same prison with Eddie's gun moll Jackie McGuire (Sheila Bromley). All this effort is aimed at winning Torchy's detective boyfriend Steve McBride (Allen Jenkins) a promotion, but it nearly winds up with our heroine pushing up daisies. According to the opening credits, the film's official title is Torchy Blane?Playing With Dynamite. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jane Wyman - Torchy Blane
- Tom Kennedy - Gahagan
- Joe Cunningham - Maxie
- Bruce MacFarlane - Bugsie
- Aldrich Bowker - Police Court Judge
- Larry Williams - 2nd Reporter
- Cliff Clark - Kelly
- Creighton Hale - Hotel Clerk
- Glen Cavender - Landlord
- Frank Shannon - Inspector McTavish
- Ralph Sanford
- Jack Richardson - Taxi Driver
- Jack Mower - Officer
- John Miller - Taxi Driver
- Harry Hollingsworth - Officer
- Charles Sullivan - Charlie
- John Sheehan - Desk Sgt. O'Toole
- Vera Lewis - Landlady
- William Gould - Fire Chief
- Edgar Dearing - Jim Simmons
- Allen Jenkins - Lt. Steve McBride
- Sheila Bromley - "Jackie" McGuire
- Eddie Marr - Denver Eddie
- George Lloyd - Harp
- John Ridgely - 1st Reporter
- John Harron - Motorcycle Cop
- Pat Flaherty - The "Crusher's" Handler
- Nat Carr - Bookstore Clerk
- Frank Mayo - Detective
- Cliff Saum - Bailiff
- Ruth Robinson - Head Matron
- Bob Perry - Referee
- Frank Moran - Handler
- Jessie Perry - Guard
- Loia Cheaney
- Mme. Sul Te Wan
- Kate Lawson
- Sol (Saul) Gorss - Court Attendant
- Dudley Dickerson
- Eddy Chandler - Announcer
- Director(s):
- Noel Smith
- Writer(s):
- Charles S. Belden, Earle Snell
- Producer(s):
- Bryan Foy
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