''Lady Scarface'' is a 1941 American

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drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super- ...

that was directed by

Frank Woodruff Frank Woodruff (1906–1983) was an American film director of the 1940s.Fetrow p.400 He also produced and directed a number of episodes of the television show '' The Bigelow Theatre'' in the early 1950s. Filmography * '' Curtain Call'' (1940) * ...

and starred

Dennis O'Keefe Dennis O'Keefe (born Edward Vanes Flanagan, Jr., March 29, 1908 – August 31, 1968) was an American actor and writer. Early years Born in Fort Madison, Iowa, O'Keefe was the son of Edward Flanagan and Charlotte Flanagan, Irish vaudevill ...

, Judith Anderson, and Frances Neal.

Plot

The scar-faced gangster Slade is on the loose. Lieutenant Bill Mason travels to a hotel in New York to try and track her down. In New York Lt. Mason works together with Lt. Onslow and the crime reporter Ann Rogers to catch Slade, under the assumption that she is a man. An innocent couple at the hotel inadvertently gets involved.

Cast

as Lt. Bill Mason * Judith Anderson as Slade * Frances E. Neal as Ann Rogers * Mildred Coles as Mary Jordan Powell *

Eric Blore Eric Blore Sr. (23 December 1887 – 2 March 1959) was an English actor and writer. His early stage career, mostly in the West End of London, centred on revue and musical comedy, but also included straight plays. He wrote sketches for and appe ...

as Mr. Hartford *

Marc Lawrence Marc Lawrence (born Max Goldsmith; February 17, 1910 – November 28, 2005) was an American character actor who specialized in underworld types. He has also been credited as F. A. Foss, Marc Laurence and Marc C. Lawrence. Early life Lawrence w ...

as Lefty Landers * Damian O'Flynn as Lt. Onslow *

Andrew Tombes Andrew Tombes (29 June 1885 – 17 March 1976) was an American comedian and character actor. Biography The son of a grocer, originally from Ashtabula, Ohio, Tombes was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy. Early in his career, he worked as a v ...

as Art Seidel (hotel detective) *

Marion Martin Marion Suplee (born June 7, 1909 – August 13, 1985) known professionally as Marion Martin was an American film and stage actress. Biography Martin was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of a Bethlehem Steel executive. She beca ...

as Ruby, aka Mary Jordan *

Arthur Shields Arthur Shields (15 February 1896 – 27 April 1970) was an Irish actor on television, stage and film. Early years Born into an Irish Protestant family in Portobello, Dublin, Shields started acting in the Abbey Theatre when he was 17 years old ...

as Matt Willis *

Rand Brooks Arlington Rand Brooks Jr. (September 21, 1918 – September 1, 2003) was an American film and television actor. Early life Brooks was born in Wright City, Missouri. He was the son of Arlington Rand Brooks, a farmer. His mother and he moved ...

as James 'Jimmy' Powell * Lee Bonnell as George Atkins * Harry Burns as Big 'Sem' Semenoff

References

External links

* * 1941 films 1941 crime drama films American crime drama films Films produced by Cliff Reid American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films Films directed by Frank Woodruff 1940s American films 1940s English-language films {{1940s-crime-drama-film-stub