The Reformer and the Redhead
A lawyer helps a zookeeper's daughter fight his politically-motivated firing. While exposing corruption and handling a loose lion, romance blooms between the attorney and the feisty woman.
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"Kathleen Maguire (June Allyson) is the redheaded tour guide at the zoo and her father Dr. Kevin G. Maguire is the zookeeper. Her father gets fired for a flimsy excuse. There is a nefarious political reason. Reformer lawyer Andrew Rockton Hale (Dick Powell) is running for mayor and sees an opportunity in Dr. Maguire's case. There is a giant domesticated lion in this. It's kind of funny if it isn't kind of scary. There is some trick photography in this although there is also real handling of the lion by June Allyson. Powell probably insisted that he's never in the same room ..."
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One of three films June Allyson and Dick Powell appeared in together. They were married from 1945 until his death in 1963.
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A lawyer helps a zookeeper's daughter fight his politically-motivated firing. While exposing corruption and handling a loose lion, romance blooms between the attorney and the feisty woman.