Woman in Distress
“Trigger-fast excitement!”
1937•NR•58m•8.0•Released
DramaComedyCrime
Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the possession of an elderly spinster, a male newspaper reporter and his female rival determine that it is genuine but subsequently learn it has been stolen by a gang of art thieves who plan to kill the spinster to prevent her from later identifying it.
Director
Lynn Shores
Writer
Albert DeMond
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
May Robson
Phoebe Tuttle
Irene Hervey
Irene Donovan
Dean Jagger
Fred Stevens
Douglass Dumbrille
Jerome Culver
Arthur Loft
Stu Saddler
Charles Cahill Wilson
Editor Herbert Claxton
Gene Morgan
Slug Beemis
Paul Fix
Emory
George C. Pearce
Sam, the hotel proprietor
George McKay
Detective-Sergeant Casey
John Carr
Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
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