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Adventures of Kitty O'Day
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Wikipedia article
'Adventures of Kitty O'Day' is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan. It was a sequel to the 1944 film 'Detective Kitty O'Day'.Marshall p.243 The two films were an attempt to create a new detective series but no further films were made. A third film, 'Fashion Model', also directed by Beaudine, was made using a similar formula but with another actress playing a heroine with a different name.Gates p.159
Plot
Amateur detective Kitty O'Day and her boyfriend are employed in a hotel. After the owner is shot, O'Day takes over the investigation despite the protests of the police.
Cast
*Jean Parker as Kitty O'Day
*Peter Cookson as Johnny Jones
*Tim Ryan as Inspector Clancy
*Lorna Gray as Gloria Williams
*Jan Wiley as Carla Brant
*Ralph Sanford as Mike, Police Detective Sergeant
*William Forrest as Sauter
*Byron Foulger as Roberts
*Hugh Prosser as Nick Joel
*Dick Elliott as Bascom, Hotel Guest
*William Ruhl as Michael Tracey
*Carl Mathews as Policeman
*Constance Purdy as Woman in Ladies Spa
References
Bibliography
*Gates, Phillipa. 'Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film'. SUNY Press, 2011.
*Marshall, Wendy L. 'William Beaudine: From Silents to Television'. Scarecrow Press, 2005.
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