Undercover Maisie

Mar 1, 1947

1h 30m

★ 8.0

How would you like to be PINCHED by Maisie? (she's the cutest cop on the force!)

Overview

Maisie Revere, a showgirl stranded in Los Angeles, decides to join the local police department on the persuasion of Lieutenant Paul Scott who wants to use her as an undercover agent to expose a conman.

Genres

Crime

Mystery

Comedy

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Maisie Ravier

Ann Sothern

Lieutenant Paul Scott

Barry Nelson

Chip Dolan

Mark Daniels

Amor/Willis Farnes

Leon Ames

Guy Canford

Clinton Sundberg

Gilfred I. Rogers

Dick Simmons

Captain Mead

Charles D. Brown

Mrs. Jane Canford

Gloria Holden

Daniels

Douglas Fowley

Mrs. Georgia Lorrison

Nella Walker

Viola Trengham

Meg Randall

Man at Union Station

Ray Teal

When a music-hall dancer is murdered, a moss rose marks the page of a Bible next to her body. Luckily, another chorus girl saw a gentleman leaving the lodgings. She approaches him directly, saying she'll go to the police if he doesn't meet her demands, but he brushes her off contemptuously. When he learns she's dead serious, he tries to buy her off with a thick wad of pound notes. But it's not money she's after; all she wants is two weeks at his country estate, living the life of a lady.

6.3

She Knew All the Answers

May 13, 1941

A rich playboy wants to marry a chorus girl, but he'll lose his fortune if his trustee doesn't approve of his sweetheart. She decides to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side, but complications ensue.

4.2

Bright Lights

Jul 27, 1935

Husband-and-wife vaudeville stars separate when success goes to his head.

5.8

Gold Diggers of 1937

Dec 28, 1936

The partners of stage-producer J. J. Hobart gamble away the money for his new show. They enlist a gold-digging chorus girl to help get it back by conning an insurance company. But they don’t count on the persistence of insurance man Rosmer Peck and his secretary Norma Perry.

5.9

The Gang's All Here

Dec 24, 1943

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.

3.7

Congo Maisie

Jan 19, 1940

Maisie gets lost in a jungle in Africa and the jungle of romance. The African jungle has snakes, crocodiles and witch doctors. The romantic jungle has a dedicated doctor with an un-dedicated wife and an embittered doctor who is dedicated to no one.

4.4

Maisie

Jun 22, 1939

Wisecracking showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself trapped in a Wyoming town when her new employer closes the show prematurely. She meets ranch foreman Charles "Slim" Martin when he accuses her of lifting his wallet and ends up being hired as a maid for ranch owners Cliff and Sybil, who are attempting to mend their rocky marriage after Sybil's infidelity with a cowboy.

0.0

Take Me Home

Oct 13, 1928

Chorus girl Peggy Lane, finds a small part in a new show for David North, a stages-truck country boy. At rehearsal, David meets Delerys Devore, the show's star, and she quickly offers him a larger part in her act. Quite taken with David, Delerys invites him to her home on the pretext that Peggy will be there; when Peggy does not show up, David leaves, infuriating his hostess. Derelys has Peggy fired the next day, and in reprisal Peggy goads her into a Carmenesque fight backstage just before the show. Derelys is unable to go on stage, and Peggy takes her place, becoming the hit of the show. Peggy and David are later married and give up show business, finding contentment living on a farm.

3.2

Sunset Murder Case

Nov 11, 1938

Small-time showgirl poses as a stripper to infiltrate a nightclub whose owner is believed responsible for her father's murder.

6.9

The Girl from Missouri

Aug 3, 1934

Leaving Missouri to find a wealthy husband in New York City, Eadie Chapman becomes a chorus girl and soon entertains at the lavish home of millionaire Frank Cousins. Cousins proposes to Eadie, only to then commit suicide due to bankruptcy. Fellow millionaire T. R. Paige defends Eadie when the police question her for having Cousins' jewelry -- but when she becomes enamored with his son, Tom, Paige declares Eadie a gold digger.

5.9

Grip of the Strangler

May 11, 1958

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long dead strangler.

6.5

Swing Shift Maisie

Oct 1, 1943

Street-smart Maisie from Brooklyn lands a job at an airplane assembly plant during WWII and falls in love with handsome pilot "Breezy" McLaughlin. Breezy, however, falling in love with and getting engaged to Maisie's conniving roommate Iris, doesn't realize she's using him and it's up to Maisie to convince him.

6.5

Maisie Gets Her Man

Jun 1, 1942

Struggling performers, Sothern and Skelton's lives are thrown off gear when they are caught with a bagful of hard cash robbed by a goon. With Skelton in prison, how will Sothern prove their innocence?