Torchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite

Aug 12, 1939

0h 59m

★ 6.0

Run for Your Life!

Overview

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

Genres

Action

Crime

Comedy

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Cast

Torchy Blane

Jane Wyman

Steve McBride

Allen Jenkins

Gahagan

Tom Kennedy

Jackie McGuire

Sheila Bromley

Maxie

Joe Cunningham

Denver Eddie

Eddie Marr

Jim Simmons

Edgar Dearing

Inspector McTavish

Frank Shannon

Bugsie

Bruce MacFarlane

Harp

George Lloyd

Judge Hershey

Aldrich Bowker

Reporter at Match

John Ridgely

When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.

5.0

The Adventurous Blonde

Nov 13, 1937

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.

5.3

Torchy Blane in Panama

May 7, 1938

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

5.6

Torchy Gets Her Man

Nov 12, 1938

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

6.0

Torchy Blane in Chinatown

Feb 2, 1939

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

5.7

Torchy Runs for Mayor

May 13, 1939

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

6.2

Fly Away Baby

Jun 19, 1937

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

0.0

Luar do Sertão

Nov 1, 1971

In a small town in the interior of São Paulo, everyone lives happily: Tinoco and his fiancée Joana, Pirulito and Nhá Barbina. One day, the men in charge of opening a railroad arrive and, with them, trouble. Paulo, one of the engineers, tries to get Joana away from Tinoco. Tinoco is accused of stealing the workers' money and is arrested. Tonico pressures the delegate to investigate the case so that Tinoco can prove his innocence.

0.0

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May 24, 1971

No overview available.

2.3

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David Briggs' Karen Black Like Me is a weirdly funny homage to the 70s cult classic Trilogy of Terror.

0.0

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A comedy about a group of fans who cause mischief.

6.9

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0.0

Terror in the Tropics

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2.9

Nakshatram

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A young boy is made to realise that the police form the backbone of society and every cop is akin to Lord Hanuman the protector. He then makes up his mind about becoming a cop when he grows up.