The read
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do. Most of the 93 1940s mystery movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before they strike again.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes78%
Critics rate it 15 points higher than audiences do.
48 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Arthur LangeOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckDixie Daisy
- Michael O'SheaBiff Brannigan
- J. Edward BrombergS.B. Foss
- Iris AdrianGee Gee Graham
- Gloria DicksonDolly Baxter
- Victoria FaustLolita La Verne
- Stephanie BachelorThe Princess Nirvena
- Charles DingleInspector Harrigan
- Marion MartinAlice Angel
- Frank Conroy'Stacchi' Stacciaro
- Frank FentonRussell Rogers
- Janis CarterJanine
Stills
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Themes
dancingbased on novel or booktheatre groupstrippermurderwhodunitstrangulationpolice detectivestranglerstockingsdressing roomburlesque