A Lady's Profession

Mar 3, 1933

1h 8m

★ 0.0

Madame Racketeer has a new racket now!!

Overview

A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

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Cast

Beulah Bonnell

Alison Skipworth

Lord Reginald Withers

Roland Young

Cecily Withers

Sari Maritza

Dick Garfield

Kent Taylor

Tony

Roscoe Karns

Nutty Bolton

Warren Hymer

James Garfield

George Barbier

Mr. Stephens

DeWitt Jennings

Keyhole McKluskey

Billy Bletcher

The Colonel

Dewey Robinson

Crotchett

Edgar Norton

Lady McDougal

Ethel Griffies

Apple Annie is an aging New York City fruit seller whose daughter Louise has been raised in a Spanish convent since she was an infant. As she grows up, Louise is led to believe that her mother is a society matron called Mrs. E. Worthington Manville. Annie worries that her lie is in danger of being uncovered when she learns that Louise is sailing to New York with her new fiancé and his nobleman father.

0.0

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6.3

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An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and tea-drinking manners to win back the sweetheart who now works for his seemingly upright competitor.

7.0

Mug Town

Dec 18, 1942

Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape, and String are run of town. Steve, while hopping a freight card and trying to avoid the brakeman, is killed. The boys meet Steve's mother, Alice Bell and Tommy is given a job in the storage garage which she owns jointly with Mack Steward. Steve's brother Don Bell is working with some gangsters by tipping them off on valuable merchandise that can be hijacked. Pig, Ape and String overhear Don's plans to use Tommy as the fall guy in the next hijacking.

5.0

Stop, You're Killing Me

Dec 10, 1952

With the end of Prohibition a former bootlegger and his wife attempt to go straight. Remake of the 1938 film "A Slight Case of Murder".

5.5

Taming the Wild

Feb 14, 1936

Madcap society girl June Bolton has a talent for trouble. Trying to evade a subpoena in connection with one of her misadventures, she winds up in jail and has to be bailed out by the family attorney, Dick Clayton. But June is soon in trouble again, this time involved with a mob boss and a shady lady. Exasperated by his wealthy client's reckless escapades, Clayton determines to quit... until he realizes he has fallen in love with the little madcap.

6.3

The Lady and the Mob

Apr 3, 1939

Hattie Leonard sets out to break a criminal gang controlling the dry cleaning business.

7.2

Where the Sidewalk Ends

Jul 7, 1950

A police detective's violent nature keeps him from being a good cop.

5.2

Side Street

Sep 14, 1929

Three New York Irish brothers cross paths as policeman, doctor and bootlegger.

5.0

Framed

Mar 16, 1930

Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chuck Gaines, secretly a bootlegger, but she centers her attentions on young Jimmy Carter, who, she learns, is the son of McArthur.

6.6

Bullets or Ballots

Jun 6, 1936

After Police Captain Dan McLaren becomes police commissioner, former detective Johnny Blake publicly punches him, convincing rackets boss Al Kruger that Blake is sincere in his effort to join the mob. "Bugs" Fenner, meanwhile, is certain that Blake is a police agent.

6.9

The Big Racket

Aug 12, 1976

Nico Palmieri is a police inspector who battles a criminal gang terrorizing a sleepy Italian town, extorting cash from the local merchants. With the threat of violence, no one dares to act, except for a restaurant owner who is forced by Palmieri to tell the truth.

5.6

The Big Shakedown

Jan 6, 1934

Former bootlegger Dutch Barnes pressures neighborhood druggist Jimmy Morrell into making cut-rate knockoff toiletry, cosmetic, and pharmaceutical products.

5.6

Between Midnight and Dawn

Oct 1, 1950

Rocky and Dan, war buddies, are prowl car cops on night duty. Dan is a cynic who views all lawbreakers as scum; Rocky feels more lenient. Both are attracted to the radio voice of communicator Kate Mallory; but in person, Kate proves reluctant to get involved with men who just might stop a bullet. By lucky chance, Rocky and Dan cause big trouble for murderous racketeer Ritchie Garris; but when he swears vengeance, Kate's fears may prove justified.

5.0

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After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.

6.3

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5.2

Special Investigator

May 8, 1936

A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is killed.

5.0

Born to Sing

Feb 18, 1942

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5.5

Broadway

May 8, 1942

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s.