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

Chorus girl Gloria Carroll inherits one million dollars from Broadway playboy Herbert Dinwiddle. Producer Ned McLane persuades her to advance him the money on a production called "Lucky Legs" that will star her. Unfortunately, the money has "made the rounds" prior to reaching Gloria and several less-than-scrupulous characters set out to separate Gloria from her inheritance.

7.2

Gold Diggers of 1933

May 27, 1933

During the Great Depression, all Broadway shows are closed down. A group of desperate unemployed showgirls find hope when a wealthy songwriter invests in a musical starring them, against the wishes of his high society brother. Thus start Carol, Trixie and Polly's schemes to bilk his money and keep the show going.

5.8

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.

6.4

Moss Rose

May 30, 1947

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.

5.3

Lady of Burlesque

May 1, 1943

After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.

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.

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?

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.

6.1

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.

4.5

Bright Lights

Jul 27, 1935

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

3.4

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.

5.6

The Brat

Aug 23, 1931

A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.

4.7

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.

4.2

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.

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.

6.3

She Knew All the Answers

May 13, 1941

Chorus girl and rich playboy want to marry but he'll lose his fortune unless his trustee approves of his mate. So she goes to work in the trustee's brokerage firm under an assumed name to get on his good side but complications ensue.

6.5

Gold Rush Maisie

Jul 26, 1940

Maisie becomes attached to a dirt-poor farmer and his family as they try to make ends meet joining hundreds of others digging for gold in a previously panned-out ghost town.