Woman in Distress

Woman in Distress (1937)

Genres - Drama, Comedy, Crime  |   Release Date - Jan 17, 1937 (USA - Unknown), Jan 17, 1937 (USA)  |   Run Time - 68 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

In this romantic crime drama, a newspaper reporter and his female rival learn that a priceless Rembrandt, believed to have been destroyed years before, is still around. The mayhem begins as they compete to retrieve it from the thieves who swiped it from the elderly spinster who owns it. Fortunately, the spinster marked the back of the canvas with some distinctive indecipherable markings and the crooks are unable to fence the masterpiece. Angered, they decide to kill her. The female reporter, who moved in with the woman to save her, is also endangered when the crooks torch the old woman's house. Fortunately, the other reporter gets there in time to save the ladies and bring the crooks to justice.

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arson, art, art-theft, competition, investigation, journalism, newspaper, reporter, rescue, rival, robbery, romance, spinster