''Women from Headquarters'' is a 1950 American

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directed by George Blair and starring

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and Frances Charles.Gates p.155 The screenplay concerns an ex-Army nurse who retrains as police officer with the

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. The film's sets were designed by the

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James W. Sullivan.

Plot

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Philippa Gates. ''Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film''. SUNY Press, 2011.

External links

* 1950 films 1950 crime films American crime films Films directed by George Blair Republic Pictures films American police detective films American black-and-white films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-crime-film-stub