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This review is of the Alpha dvd of “Lady Gangster.” It’s described on the camouflage as a “Warner Brothers noir classic”, but I believe that’s going a shrimp too far. I guess it earns a status in what Eddie Muller would call the caper subgenre of film noir, but it’s also in the “women-in-prison” genre. In any event, it’s an ulta-low budget film that barely lasts over an hour, and it’s never terribly arresting or compelling. So why the four star rating? Because this is one of those movies that’s so dreadful it’s generous! You’ve probably never heard of any of the cast, except for a young Jackie Gleason in a supporting role. Despite the fact that he plays a tough guy, he calm unprejudiced looks like a bulky teddy possess that you can’t assist but laugh at!
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Faye Emerson stars as Dorothy Burton, the only female member of a gang that has fair robbed another bank. Everything goes smoothly, until a dog somehow gets her into pain with the police, who arrest her. Ever gawk how dogs usually bring on the downfall of the main character in noirs, like in “High Sierra” and “The Killing”? Anyway, she’s arrested on charges of being an accomplice in the bank robbery, but she’s released soon thanks to an obsolete friend, Kenneth Phillips (played by Frank Wilcox), who’s a very influential reporter. However, she starts to feel guilty and decides to inform the truth and heads fair aid to jail. In the women’s prison she becomes cessation friends with one prisoner (Julie Bishop) while becoming enemies with two other prisoners, one an plain, cold-hearted deaf woman and the other a prissy, annoying stool pigeon.
Before going to jail, Dorothy had hidden the stolen $40,000 from her three accomplices after finding out they were going to double-cross her. They’re not too overjoyed about her hiding the money, and one of them dresses in ride (and this is a 1942 movie!) in order to fool the guards and stare Dorothy on visiting day. This is obviously the most (unintentionally) hilarious scene of the whole film! The deaf girl and the stool pigeon rep out about the missing money and they philosophize the warden, which immediately ruins Dorothy’s chances of getting a parole. Thinking it was Kenneth who betrayed her, she tricks him into going to her apartment to win the money, where unknown to him Dorothy’s three accomplices are waiting to destroy him.
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When she finds out that Kenneth didn’t betray her, she breaks out of jail(!) and tries to put him while redeeming herself in the process. I won’t spoil the ending, but let’s unprejudiced say it wasn’t exactly an edge-of-the-seat thriller! Overall, I’d say this movie is definitely worth getting if you’re a film noir fanatic like me, because you’ll have a lot of fun laughing at the dated dialogue, cliches, and of course the female prisoners with flawless make-up and hairdos! And unpleasant Jackie Gleason probably didn’t realize that this “serious” role was one of his funniest! His most memorable line in this is: “I don’t like to contemplate a dame like that rep mixed up in a job like this.” Considering the age of this little-known movie, I was pleasantly surprised by the overall very favorable represent and sound quality of the dvd. Highly recommended!
for a grade-P or Q noir explotation flick, this one’s unbiased about perfect … the “moll” speaking grammarically perfect English, slaps that don’t quite connect, the tough guys, the fight scenes that seem stilted somehow; the can’t-quite-figure-it-out treasure interest, major place holes, assorted prison buds and creeps, the ultra-kind matron, car chases, and on top of it all, a VERY young Jackie Gleason playing one of the gang, with several satisfactory lines. You can’t pick up better entertainment, intended or not, for this tag.
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