Lady of Burlesque
1943 film by William A. Wellman
Lady of Burlesque is a 1943 film about the performers at a burlesque house who must work together to find a killer.
- Directed by William A. Wellman. Written by James Gunn, based on the 1941 novel The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee.
Girls and Gags, Music and Mirth, Murder and Mystery! (taglines)
Dialogue edit
- Biff: Ah, I get it, you're pulling this act to make me feel protective.
- Dixie: Haven't you ever figured on anybody telling the truth?
- Biff: Not burlesque dames, they're used to wriggling out of things.
Taglines edit
- Girls and Gags, Music and Mirth, Murder and Mystery!
Cast edit
- Barbara Stanwyck — Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy
- Michael O'Shea — Biff Brannigan
- J. Edward Bromberg — S.B. Foss
- Iris Adrian — Gee Gee Graham
- Gloria Dickson — Dolly Baxter
- Victoria Faust — Lolita La Verne
- Stephanie Bachelor — The Princess Nirvena
- Charles Dingle — Inspector Harrigan
- Marion Martin — Alice Angel
- Pete Gordon — Officer Pat Kelly
- Frank Fenton — Russell Rogers
- Pinky Lee — Mandy
- Frank Conroy — 'Stacchi' Stacciaro
- Lew Kelly — The Hermit
- Claire Carleton — Sandra
External links edit
- Lady of Burlesque quotes at the Internet Movie Database
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