The Lucky Stiff

May 26, 1949

1h 39m

★ 4.8

Overview

A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Sonney Amusement Enterprises Inc.

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Cast

Anna Marie St Claire

Dorothy Lamour

John J. Malone

Brian Donlevy

Marguerite Seaton

Claire Trevor

Mrs. Eve Childers

Irene Hervey

Hattie Hatfield

Marjorie Rambeau

Insp. Von Flanagan

Robert Armstrong

Eddie Britt

Warner Anderson

Millie Dale

Virginia Patton

Dist. Atty. John Logan

Richard Gaines

Tony

Joe Sawyer

Louie Perez (as Larry Blake)

Larry J. Blake

Joe Di Angelo

Billy Vines

After being estranged for 15 years, flamboyant actress Becky del Paramo re-enters her daughter Rebeca's life when she comes to perform a concert. Rebeca, she finds, is now married to one of Becky's ex-lovers, Manuel. The mother and daughter begin making up for lost time, when suddenly, a murder occurs...

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5.9

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5.5

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7.6

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7.5

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5.4

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6.6

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6.7

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7.2

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6.4

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3.8

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5.6

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5.4

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6.0

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7.0

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6.8

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6.6

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6.8

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6.8

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