14 Jun 2001
Russian Doll
A private detective agrees to marry his best friend's mistress to keep her from being deported.
The Brat
No Roaring Guns...All Roaring Laffs! She's a Scamp in Scanty Skirts!
A society novelist brings a brash young chorus girl home in order to study her for inspiration for his new novel. His family is distraught, but soon her behavior has forever altered their snobbish ways.
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Sally O'Neil The Brat
Alan Dinehart MacMillan Forester
Frank Albertson Stephen Forester
William Collier Sr. Judge O'Flaherty
Virginia Cherrill Angela
June Collyer Jane
J. Farrell MacDonald Timson, the butler
Mary Forbes Mrs. Forester
Albert Gran Bishop
Louise Mackintosh Lena
Margaret Mann Housekeeper
Ward Bond Court Policeman (uncredited)
Mary Gordon Angry Wife in Night Court (uncredited)
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