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Half a Sinner (1940)
Directed by Al Christie
Mystery, Adventure, Comedy · 59m
Although young and beautiful, schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the trunk. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a handsome young man stranded alongside the road. Romance blooms, but after the shocking discovery of a body in the trunk, the duo decide they have to return the car. The bickering lovebirds head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.
Cast
Heather Angel
Anne Gladden
John 'Dusty' King
Larry Cameron
Constance Collier
Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
Tom Dugan
Red Egan
Robert Elliott
Officer Kelly
Clem Bevans
Snuffy
Henry Brandon
Handsome - Red's Sidekick
Emma Dunn
Granny Gladden
Walter Catlett
Station Attendant
William B. Davidson
Slick
Fern Emmett
Margaret Reed
Sonny Bupp
Willy
Crew
- Director
- Al Christie
- Writer
- Frederick J. Jackson
- Director of Photography
- Charles Van Enger
- Editor
- Barney Rogan
Details
- Release date
- 1940-04-05
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Mystery, Adventure, Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Arcadia Pictures Corp., Universal Pictures