Lady Scarface ( Lady Scar face )

Lady Scarface (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Lady Scar face
Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
66 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1941 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Frank Woodruff

Written By:
Arnaud d'Usseau
Richard Collins

Actors:
Dennis O'Keefe ..... Lt. Bill Mason
Judith Anderson ..... Slade
Frances E. Neal ..... Ann Rogers
Mildred Coles ..... Mary Jordan Powell
Eric Blore ..... Mr. Hartford
Marc Lawrence ..... Lefty Landers
Damian O'Flynn ..... Lt. Onslow
Andrew Tombes ..... Art Seidel (hotel detective)
Marion Martin ..... Ruby, aka Mary Jordan
Rand Brooks ..... James 'Jimmy' Powell
Arthur Shields ..... Matt Willis
Lee Bonnell ..... George Atkins
Harry Burns ..... Big 'Sem' Semenoff
Horace McMahon ..... Mullen

Synopsis:

A partial remake of 1936's Wanted: Jane Turner, Lady Scarface is a seedy but entertaining tour de force for the great Judith Anderson. Embittered over the ugly facial scar which covers the left side of her face, a woman named Slade becomes a criminal mastermind. The cops have no idea that the elusive Slade is female, which enables her to move about freely without attracting attention. After a robbery-murder, Slade has her share of the loot mailed to her at a post-office box registered under the phony name of Mary Powell. When the real Mary Powell (Mildred Coles) receives the stolen loot in the mail, the fur-and the bullets-really begin to fly. Judith Anderson once explained that she accepted the starring role in Lady Scarface in hopes that the film would do for her what Little Caesar did for Edward G. Robinson. It didn't.

A Chicago gang led by scar-cheeked Slade carries out an audacious brokerage robbery. Lieut. Bill Mason takes the case, continuing his friendly-enemy relationship with crime reporter Ann Rogers. One gang member is caught; eventually, others follow. But Mason hasn't a clue to Slade, principally because he's unaware she's a woman. The plot periodically pauses for comic and romantic interludes.

Lieutenant Bill Mason pursues a Chicago gang to New York unaware that its scar-cheeked leader Slade is a woman.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 15 November, 2013.