''The Lady and the Mob'' is a 1939 American

crime film Crime films, in the broadest sense, is a film genre inspired by and analogous to the crime fiction literary genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and its detection. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine ...

directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Richard Maibaum and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars

Fay Bainter Fay Okell Bainter (December 7, 1893 – April 16, 1968) was an American film and stage actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''Jezebel'' (1938) and has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Early life Bainter wa ...

Ida Lupino Ida Lupino (4 February 1918Recorded in ''Births Mar 1918'' Camberwell Vol. 1d, p. 1019 (Free BMD). Transcribed as "Lupine" in the official births index – 3 August 1995) was an English-American actress, singer, director, writer, and producer. T ...

, Lee Bowman,

Henry Armetta Henry Armetta (born Enrico Armetta; July 4, 1888 – October 21, 1945) was an American character actor who appeared in at least 150 American films, beginning in silent movies. His last film was released posthumously in 1946, the year after his d ...

, Warren Hymer and Harold Huber. It was released on April 3, 1939 by

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Plot

Cast

as Hattie Leonard *

as Lila Thorne * Lee Bowman as Fred Leonard *

as Zambrogio * Warren Hymer as Frankie O'Fallon * Harold Huber as Harry the Lug *Forbes Murray as District Attorney * Joe Sawyer as Blinky Mack * Tom Dugan as Brains Logan *Joe Caits as Bert the Beetle *Jim Toney as Big Time Tim *Tommy Mack as The Canary *

Brandon Tynan Brandon Tynan (born James William Tynan; April 11, 1875 – March 19, 1967) was an Irish-born American stage and screen actor. In his early stage career he appeared with Alla Nazimova on Broadway in her early years after migrating from Russia. He ...

as Mayor Jones *

George Meeker George Meeker (March 5, 1904 – August 19, 1984) was an American character film and Broadway actor. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Meeker made several films such as ''Crime, Inc.'' (1945) and ''A Thief in the Dark'' (1 ...

as George Watson

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lady and the Mob 1939 films American crime films 1939 crime films Columbia Pictures films Films directed by Benjamin Stoloff American black-and-white films Films with screenplays by Richard Maibaum 1930s English-language films 1930s American films