Counterfeit Lady (1937)
Directed by D. Ross Lederman / David Ross Lederman
Genres - Drama, Action, Adventure |
Sub-Genres - Detective Film |
Release Date - Dec 31, 1936 (USA - Unknown), Dec 31, 1936 (USA) |
Run Time - 56 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Joan Perry plays the title role in Columbia's Counterfeit Lady. She is cast as Phyllis, a country lass with a rare talent for larceny. Managing to steal a $37,000 diamond from a swank New York jewelry shop, Phyllis is pursued by private detective Johnny (Ralph Bellamy), and by a gang of professional thieves who play for keeps. Johnny rescues the heroine from the villains, whereupon she instantly reforms in order to permit a climactic romantic clinch. So well does Joan Perry pull off the leading role in Counterfeit Lady that it seems a shame she retired from acting after becoming the wife of Columbia prexy Harry Cohn.
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law, detective, gangster, jewel-robbery, on-the-run, opal, police, robbery