02 Jan 1937
Smart Blonde
Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.
Torchy Blane in Chinatown
Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.
Top Billed Cast
Glenda Farrell Torchy Blane
Barton MacLane Det. Lt. Steve 'Mac' McBride
Tom Kennedy Det. Sgt. Gahagan
Henry O'Neill Sen. H. Baldwin
Patric Knowles Capt. Condon
James Stephenson Dr. Mansfield
Janet Shaw Janet Baldwin
Frank Shannon Police Capt. McTavish
George Guhl Desk Sergeant
Anderson Lawler Allan Fitzhugh
Richard Bond Richard Staunton
Eddy Chandler State Police Captain
Alice Connors Maid (uncredited)
Joe Cunningham Editor Maxie (uncredited)
Bud Geary Trooper (uncredited)
Sol Gorss Cab Driver (uncredited)
Roger Gray Cemetery Gateman (uncredited)
John Harron Chauffeur (uncredited)
Gordon Hart Minister (uncredited)
Charles H. Hickman Officer Mike, at car crash (uncredited)
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