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Smart Girls Don't Talk

Smart Girls Don't Talk

1948Movie⏱️ 1h 21mApproved
CrimeDramaMusicMystery
6.5
IMDB Rating
528 votes

A socialite in financial trouble gets involved with a nightclub and gambling club owner, whose hoodlums are not afraid to kill, only to regret it and finally help a police lieutenant incriminate him and his gunman.

Director
Richard L. Bare
Writers
N/A
Stars
Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett, Robert Hutton
Release Date
October 9, 1948
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 13
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Virginia Mayo
Virginia Mayo
as Linda Vickers
Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
as Marty Fain
Robert Hutton
Robert Hutton
as 'Doc' Vickers
Tom D'Andrea
Tom D'Andrea
as Sparky Lynch
Richard Rober
Richard Rober
as Police Lt. McReady
Helen Westcott
Helen Westcott
as Toni Peters
Richard Benedict
Richard Benedict
as Cliff Saunders
Phyllis Coates
Phyllis Coates
as Cigarette Girl
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Bud Cokes
as Gunman
👤
Eddie Foster
as Gunman

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Production
Warner Bros.

🏷️ Keywords

feature film directorial debutgangster crimenew york cityhomicide detectivegambling debt

🎯 Categories

CrimeDramaMusicMystery

⭐ Featured Review

Why Do They Keep Playing "The Very Thought Of You"?
by boblipton2024-10-05
7/10

"Impoverished debutante Virginia Mayo and gambling house owner Bruce Bennett start an affair. Miss Mayo calls it off on the advice of her brother, Doctor Robert Hutton. Then Bennett gets shot dealing with one of his welshing customers. Hutton treats him. Fearful he will report the gunshot wound to the police, Bennett's henchmen kill him. Richard L. Bare's first feature has a good script, fine camerawork by Ted McCord, and Tom D'andrea giving good advice while looking like he's been eating persimmons. Bennett's dry, lecturing style of speaking works well to indicate he&..."

💡 Did You Know?

The huge black car Marty drives Linda to her apartment in is a 1938 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Fleetwood Town Car. An example in excellent condition in 2024 could be worth well over $100,000. The next day he drives to her place in a 1946 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet; only 201 of those cars were made.

📖 Synopsis

A socialite in financial trouble gets involved with a nightclub and gambling club owner, whose hoodlums are not afraid to kill, only to regret it and finally help a police lieutenant incriminate him and his gunman.