The Adventurous Blonde (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.
- Released
- 1937-11-13
- Genres
- Romance, Comedy, Mystery
- Runtime
- 61 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Frank McDonald, Robertson White, David Diamond
- TMDB rating
- 5.3/10 from 15 votes
Cast
- Glenda Farrell as Torchy Blane
- Barton MacLane as Det. Lt. Steve McBride
- Anne Nagel as Grace Brown
- Tom Kennedy as Detective Gahagan
- George E. Stone as Pete, a Reporter
- Natalie Moorhead as Theresa Gray
- William Hopper as Matt, a Reporter
- Charley Foy as Dud, lead reporter
- Anderson Lawler as Hugo Brand
- Bobby Watson as Mugsy, a reporter
- Charles Cahill Wilson as Mortimer Gray
- Virginia Brissac as Helen Hammond (poses as "Aunt Jenny")
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