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Film / 1939
Torchy Runs for Mayor
Directed by
Ray McCarey
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
The story
Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.
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Torchy Blane Collection
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Cast
Glenda FarrellTorchy Blane
Barton MacLaneSteve McBride
Tom KennedyGahagan
John MiljanDr. Dolan
Frank ShannonCaptain McTavish
Joe CunninghamMaxie - Editor
George GuhlDesk Sergeant Graves
Joe DowningSpuds O'Brien
Irving BaconHubert Ward
John ButlerChuck Ball
Charles RichmanMayor John Saunders
John HarronDibble
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Fern BarrySecretary (uncredited)
Sidney BraceyDolan's Butler (uncredited)
Tommy BuppUrchin (uncredited)
Glen CavenderStore Customer (uncredited)
Jimmy ConlinCoroner (uncredited)
Alice ConnorsSecretary (uncredited)
Hal CraigDetective Dexter (uncredited)
Jack DaleyFred C. Tyler - Second Editor (uncredited)
Joe DevlinStone - Dolan Henchman (uncredited)
Frank FanningDetective (uncredited)
Walter FennerMr. Skinner - Star Publisher (uncredited)
Chester GanLing - Ward's Assistant (uncredited)
Jack A. GoodrichPhotographer at Murder Scene (uncredited)
Eddie GrahamMonk - Henchman (uncredited)
Kit GuardKidnap Henchman with Torchy (uncredited)
Kenneth HarlanStan - Star Advertising Manager (uncredited)
Stuart HolmesMr. James (uncredited)
Tom McGuireDetective Tom (uncredited)
Wedgwood NowellH.T.Cope - Third Editor (uncredited)
John RidgelyPhotographer in Mayor's Office (uncredited)
Dave RobertsRadio Announcer (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreA. Dalzell - First Editor (uncredited)
Millard VincentDr. Reynolds (uncredited)
Claude WisbergNewsboy (uncredited)
Jack WisePolice Stenographer (uncredited)
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