Washington Melodrama (1941)

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Country: USA
Genres: Drama
Release: 1941-04-18
Director: S. Sylvan Simon
Writers: Marion Parsonnet , Roy Chanslor , Jeanie Macpherson
Language: English
Stars: Frank Morgan (I) (1890–1949) , Ann Rutherford , Kent Taylor , Dan Dailey , Lee Bowman , Fay Holden , Virginia Grey , Anne Gwynne , Sara Haden , Olaf Hytten
Runtime: 80 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Washington Melodrama (United States of America) , Tabloid (United States of America) , El guante olvidado (Mexico) , A Luva Perdida (Brazil) , Washington Melodrama , She Takes the Wheel (United States of America)
Plot: Calvin Claymore is a wealthy businessman trying to get a bill passed to help the starving children of Europe at the outbreak of World War 2. He meets a dancer at a night club, escorts her home, but later the girl is found murdered, and Claymore, who was seen leaving her apartment, is accused of her death. After a man's glove is found at the dead girl's apartment, the police start a frantic search for the other glove, and finally the real murderer is unmasked.
IMDB:tt0034374