Lady Gangster

Apr 1 1942 Approved 1h 2m

Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners have different ideas.

Plot

Dot Burton (Faye Emerson) has acted as a decoy in a bank robbery and fails to get away. Her arrest attracts the attention of Ken Phillips (Frank Wilcox), a former childhood sweetheart who believes her innocent until she confesses. But before going to jail she manages to steal the bank's $40,000 from her accomplices and leaves it with her landlady.

Written by

Anthony Coldeway, Dorothy Mackaye, Carlton Miles

Directed by

Robert Florey

Cast

Faye Emerson, Julie Bishop, Frank Wilcox

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores

# of Votes

888

Average Rating

5.7 out of 10

Metascore

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