Girl in the Case

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Janis Carter, Edmund Lowe, and Robert B. Williams in Girl in the Case (1944)

William Warner is not only a crack defense lawyer, but he has an even more useful skill--he's an expert at picking open any kind of lock, which comes in handy in his line of work. This asset... Read allWilliam Warner is not only a crack defense lawyer, but he has an even more useful skill--he's an expert at picking open any kind of lock, which comes in handy in his line of work. This asset gets him in trouble, however, when he finds himself being unwittingly used by Nazi spies ... Read allWilliam Warner is not only a crack defense lawyer, but he has an even more useful skill--he's an expert at picking open any kind of lock, which comes in handy in his line of work. This asset gets him in trouble, however, when he finds himself being unwittingly used by Nazi spies trying to get him to open a locked chest with a secret formula they're after.

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6.2/10

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Edmund Lowe

William Warner

Janis Carter

Myra Warner

Robert B. Williams

Malloy
(as Bob Williams)

Richard Hale

John Heyser

Stanley Clements

Tuffy

Ernie Adams

Janitor
(uncredited)

Dusty Anderson

Beautiful Girl
(uncredited)

Kaye Dowd

Secretary
(uncredited)

George Eldredge

Henry
(uncredited)

Dick Elliott

Smith
(uncredited)

Dick Jensen

Cop
(uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Watchman
(uncredited)

Eddie Laughton

Moustached Man in Getaway Car
(uncredited)

Nelson Leigh

Fred
(uncredited)

George Magrill

Steve
(uncredited)

Carole Mathews

Sylvia Manners
(uncredited)

George McKay

Fireman
(uncredited)

Ida Moore

Witness to Peeping Tom
(uncredited)

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- William Berke
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Kaye Dowd's debut.

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Trying to release his wife from the safe, Edmund Lowe drills around the lock, fiddles with the combination, etc. Then he says that the only way to get her out is to have her throw the switch inside the safe. He tells her to, she does so, and the door opens. Since this method was very simple and not dangerous, it makes no sense for this not to have been the first thing he did.

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6/10

B movie, a mix of comedy and drama

I actually enjoyed "Girl in the Case" from 1944 and thought it would have made a good series.

Edmund Lowe plays a lock expert who is often called upon to help the police His wife (Janis Carter) , at times becomes involved and usually doesn't help much.

In this situation, someone asks him to open a trunk; inside, he finds some chemical formulations. Suspecting he's working with someone nefarious, he copies them and sends the formulas to Washington.

There is some witty dialogue between the couple - I think they're kind of cute, thanks to the performances - and some slapstick which is quite funny in the end.

It's not Citizen Kane, it's not the Thin Man, but it's pleasant enough.