Confidence Girl
1952 film by Andrew L. Stone
- June 20, 1952 (1952-06-20)
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Confidence Girl is a 1952 American crime film written and directed by Andrew L. Stone. The film stars Tom Conway, Hillary Brooke, Eddie Marr, John Gallaudet, Jack Kruschen, Dan Riss and Walter Kingsford. It was released on June 20, 1952 by United Artists.[1][2]
Plot
Con man Roger Kingsley convinces the Los Angeles police that, acting as an insurance company's investigator, he can help them apprehend a notorious swindler, a woman named Mary Webb.
Kingsley sets a trap at a department store and nabs Webb as she steals a mink coat. But while the store detective is contacting police, Webb, who is actually Kingsley's girlfriend, is permitted to escape. However, Kingsley has gained the trust of the police.
In a second scam, Webb and Kingsley bilk a pawnshop owner out of several thousand dollars. She then prepares for their biggest con yet, a stage act at Johnny Gregg's nightclub in which Webb will pose as a clairvoyant. Her psychic powers amaze Gregg's customers, but the act is just an elaborate ruse.
The suspicious police set a trap. A dentist named Braddock is implicated in a murder, but while trying to save the life of whom she believes to be an innocent man, Webb is tricked into confessing her scam in front of the club's entire audience. She and Kingsley are taken to jail.
Cast
- Tom Conway as Roger Kingsley
- Hillary Brooke as Mary Webb
- Eddie Marr as Johnny Gregg
- John Gallaudet as Detective Chief Brownell
- Jack Kruschen as Detective Sergeant Quinn
- Dan Riss as Detective Lieutenant Fenton
- Walter Kingsford as Mr. Markewell
- Paul Livermore as Hal Speel
- Aline Towne as Peggy Speel
- Helen Van Tuyl as Maggie
- Edmund Cobb as Detective Lieutenant Cobb
- Truman Bradley as Narrator
- Leo Cleary as Mr. Sheridan
- Roy Engel as Store Detective Walsh
- Charles Collins as Charlie
- Yvonne Peattie as Gertrude Palmer
- Joel Allen as Frank Palmer
- Helen Chapman as Joey Ridgway
- John Phillips as Allen Ridgeway
- Margo Karen as Hilda
- Bruce Edwards as 1st Detective
- Tyler McVey as 2nd Detective
- Paul Guilfoyle as William Pope
- Michael Vallon as Richard Downs
- Barbara Woodell as Miss Seabury
- Madge Crane as Mrs. Markwell
- Pamela Duncan as Braddock's Nurse
- Carmen Clothier as Fur Saleswoman
- Gil Frye as Nightclub Accomplice at Phone
- Duke York as Nightclub Accomplice with Binoculars
References
External links
- Confidence Girl at IMDb
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Films directed by Andrew L. Stone
- Dreary House (1928)
- Shadows of Glory (1930)
- Hell's Headquarters (1932)
- The Girl Said No (1937)
- With Words and Music (1937)
- Stolen Heaven (1938)
- Say It in French (1938)
- The Great Victor Herbert (1939)
- The Hard-Boiled Canary (1941)
- Stormy Weather (1943)
- Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)
- Sensations of 1945 (1944)
- Bedside Manner (1945)
- The Bachelor's Daughters (1946)
- Fun on a Weekend (1947)
- The Countess of Monte Cristo (1948)
- Highway 301 (1950)
- Confidence Girl (1952)
- The Steel Trap (1952)
- A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
- The Night Holds Terror (1955)
- Julie (1956)
- Cry Terror! (1958)
- The Decks Ran Red (1958)
- The Last Voyage (1960)
- Ring of Fire (1961)
- The Password Is Courage (1962)
- Never Put It in Writing (1964)
- The Secret of My Success (1965)
- Song of Norway (1970)
- The Great Waltz (1972)
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