''Lady Scarface'' is a 1941 American

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directed by Frank Woodruff and starring

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, Judith Anderson, and Mildred Coles. It was produced and distributed by

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Plot

The scar-faced gangster Slade is on the loose. Lieutenant Bill Mason travels to a hotel in New York to try and track her down. In New York Lt. Mason works together with Lt. Onslow and the crime reporter Ann Rogers to catch Slade, under the assumption that she is a man. An innocent couple at the hotel inadvertently gets involved.

Cast

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

References

Bibliography

* Fetrow, Alan G. ''Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography''. McFarland, 1994.

External links

* * 1941 films 1941 crime drama films American crime drama films Films produced by Cliff Reid American black-and-white films RKO Pictures films Films directed by Frank Woodruff 1940s American films 1940s English-language films English-language crime drama films {{1940s-US-drama-film-stub