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Counterfeit Lady

Plenty of excitement when a private sleuth trails a diamond and a dame---but finds only one phoney!

1936•58m•

★10.0(1 ratings)

ComedyActionAdventure

Overview

Phyllis Fowler claims to be just a "simple little country girl" trying to get by in the wicked big-city, and she takes a big getting-by step when she pulls a scam that gains her a $17,000 diamond from an exclusive jewelry store. Soon, a private-detective, who has a dupe gem matching the stolen one, the police, and two gangster buddies of the jeweler are all racing each other to get the diamond back from Phyllis. The country-girl provides them all with a wild chase.

Director

D. Ross Lederman

Writers

Tom Van Dycke, Harold Shumate

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Main Cast

Ralph Bellamy

Johnny Pierce

Joan Perry

Phyllis Fowler

Douglass Dumbrille

August Marino

George McKay

Pinky

Gene Morgan

Clancy

Henry Mollison

Movies

Comedy

Counterfeit Lady

Plenty of excitement when a private sleuth trails a diamond and a dame---but finds only one phoney!

1936•58m•

★10.0(1 ratings)

ComedyActionAdventure

Overview

Director

D. Ross Lederman

Writers

Tom Van Dycke, Harold Shumate

Watchlist

Main Cast

Ralph Bellamy

Johnny Pierce

Joan Perry

Phyllis Fowler

Douglass Dumbrille

August Marino

George McKay

Pinky

Gene Morgan

Clancy

Henry Mollison

Bemis

John Tyrrell

Mike

Max Hoffman Jr.

Kit

Edward LeSaint

Girard

John Harrington

Swanson

Full Crew

Direction

Director: D. Ross Lederman

Writing

Screenplay: Tom Van Dycke
Story: Harold Shumate

Keywords

diamond

Did You Know?

The film's tagline is: "Plenty of excitement when a private sleuth trails a diamond and a dame---but finds only one phoney!"

The film was directed by D. Ross Lederman.

The screenplay was written by Tom Van Dycke.

This title is listed on IMDb as tt0028744.

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Rating

10.0/10

Masterpiece

1 votes

Movie Information

Original Title:

Counterfeit Lady

Status:

Released

Age Rating:

Language:

English

Country of Origin:

United States of America

Production Companies:

Columbia Pictures

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