The Girl Who Came Back (1935 film)

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The Girl Who Came Back
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Directed by Charles Lamont
Written by Ewart Adamson
Produced by George R. Batcheller
Starring Shirley Grey
Sidney Blackmer
Noel Madison
Cinematography M.A. Anderson
Edited by Roland D. Reed
Music by Sidney Cutner
Production
company
Chesterfield Pictures
Distributed by Chesterfield Pictures
Release date
  • June 21, 1935 (1935-06-21)
Running time
65 minutes
CountryUnited States
Language English

The Girl Who Came Back is a 1935 American crime film directed by Charles Lamont and starring Shirley Grey, Sidney Blackmer, and Noel Madison. [1]

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Plot

New York City jewel thief Gilda Gillespie is determined to go straight, much against the wishes of her male gang who bully and goad her by calling her a coward into doing one last robbery. She sets up the robbery, but returns the jewels to the victim, then heads to Hollywood where she becomes a bank president's secretary with the president eyeing her romantically.

Her gang tracks her down and coerces her to use her position to facilitate a bank robbery.

Cast

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References

  1. Pitts p. 107

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