Lady Gangster

Apr 1, 1942

1h 2m

★ 5.7

Overview

An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 bank robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners have different ideas.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Lady Gangster Trailers

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Cast

Dot Burton

Faye Emerson

Myrtle Reed

Julie Bishop

Kenneth Phillips

Frank Wilcox

Carey Wells

Roland Drew

Wilson

Jackie Gleason

Lucy Fenton

Ruth Ford

Mrs. Stoner

Virginia Brissac

Jenkins

Dorothy Vaughan

Deaf Annie

Dorothy Adams

John

William Hopper

Ma Silsby

Vera Lewis

Lewis Sinton

Herbert Rawlinson

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