Adventures of Kitty O'Day

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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
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Directed by William Beaudine
Written by Tim Ryan
Victor Hammond
George Callahan
Produced by Lindsley Parsons
Trem Carr
Starring Jean Parker
Peter Cookson
Tim Ryan
Lorna Gray
Cinematography Mack Stengler
Edited by Richard Pike
Music by Edward J. Kay
Production
company
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • January 19, 1945 (1945-01-19)
Running time
63 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Adventures of Kitty O'Day is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan. It was a sequel to the 1944 film Detective Kitty O'Day . [1] The two films were an attempt to create a new detective series but no further films were made. A third film, Fashion Model , also directed by Beaudine, was made using a similar formula but with another actress playing a heroine with a different name. [2]

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Plot

Amateur detective Kitty O'Day and her boyfriend are employed in a hotel. After the owner is shot, O'Day takes over the investigation despite the protests of the police.

Cast

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References

  1. Marshall p.243
  2. Gates p.159

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