Girls Can Play (1937)
Directed by Lambert Hillyer
Genres - Mystery, Sports & Recreation, Crime |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Release Date - Jun 23, 1937 (USA - Unknown), Jun 23, 1937 (USA) |
Run Time - 59 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan
In this crime drama, an evil ex-con makes his living selling cheap booze masked under expensive labels. He runs a drugstore as a front and also sponsors a girl's baseball team. The story is split between the gangster's illegal activities and the action on the baseball field where the lovely players practice. Trouble ensues when one of the dishonest ex-con's prison buddies appears. To protect his scam, the ex-con kills his friend. Later, the team catcher is poisoned during a game. A dullard cop is assigned the case as a brainless rookie reporter. The ex-con ends up attempting to sell his drugstore and illicit booze in order to escape them.
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baseball, bumbler, con/scam, criminal, cub, detective, drugstore, ex-convict, false-accusation, friendship, gangster, girl, investigation, journalism, killing, loot, moll, murder, newspaper, officer, play [recreation], poison, police, private-detective, reporter, sports, team, trail [path], wit
