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Directed by | Leigh Jason |
Produced by | Samuel Bischoff |
Written by | Richard Flournoy Jack Henley |
Starring | Evelyn Keyes Anita Louise Allyn Joslyn |
Music by | Earl E. Lawrence (uncredited) |
Cinematography | Philip Tannura |
Edited by | Jerome Thoms |
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Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date | 23 September 1943 |
Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dangerous Blondes is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and written by Richard Flournoy and Jack Henley.The film stars Allyn Joslyn and Evelyn Keyes, and was released by Columbia Pictures in September 1943. Alternate titles for this film were Reckless Lady and The Case of the Dangerous Blondes. [1] A review in Vanity Fair review characterized the film as a "laugh-packed session here via the antics of Allyn Joslyn and Evelyn Keyes." [2]
Barry Craig (Allyn Joslyn), a crime fiction writer, and his wife Jane (Evelyn Keyes) are approached by Jane's friend, Julie Taylor (Anita Louise). Julie works for fashion photographer Ralph McCormick (Edmund Lowe), and she believes the studio is being stalked by a murderer. Soon after, a wealthy socialite, Isabel Fleming (Mary Forbes), is murdered during a photo session. The police become involved and the investigation takes its course. [1]
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