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Bill Lannigan ([[John Dilson]]), boss of Skip Tracers Ltd. - a debt collecting company, gives his repossession agent Jimmy Parker ([[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]]) an ultimatum: he has thirty days to become as successful as his competitor, Miles Hanover, the company's best repossession agent, or he will be fired. |
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Jimmy Parker ([[James Dunn (actor)|James Dunn]]) is a [[skip trace]]r, a debt collector, who is trying to get a better job and save some money to marry his girl Mary ([[Frances Gifford]]), the daughter of a cop, ([[Guy Usher]]). |
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Jimmy starts out by repossessing a radio, belonging to miss Lulu Driscoll ([[Rita La Roy]]). Lulu has not made her payments. When performing his task, he is unaware that there are stolen jewels in the radio. It turns out t he jewels are stolen from a famous movie star named Connie Hill ([[Anna Lisa (actress)|Anna Lisa]]). Since Jimmy is very persistent and forces his way into the hotel room where Lulu lives, she calls the police and they arrest him and Mary and take them to jail. |
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Meanwhile, Connie Hill's manager, John Lawrence ([[William Hall (actor)|William Hall]]), strongly suspects that her fiancé Steve Brady ([[George Douglas (actor)|George Douglas]]) is somehow involved in the theft of Connie's jewels. John overhears a conversation between Steve and a man called Duke Jurgens (Paul Bryar]]) as they talk of a share in the robbery. John is now convinced that Steve i in on the theft and goes to Skip Tracers to hire someone to get he jewels back. Jimmy's colleague Miles gets the assignment to retrieve the jewels. |
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Jimmy is released from prison and happy to be free he decides on a whim to marry his girlfriend Mary Mulvaney ([[Frances Gifford]]). He also tries to find Lulu to repossess both the radio and the jewels, but doscovers that Lulu has moved. |
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Meanwhile, Miles sees Steve meet and be obducted by the Duke and his gang. They go to Lulu's new residence to find the missing jewels, and discover Miles spying on them. Miles is caught and tied up, while both Lulu and Steve are put in the trunk of a car. The Duke and hus men rummage trhough the house to find the jewels, but are interrupted by Jommy, coming for the radio. The Duke gives Jimmy the radio to get rid of him. Jimmy finds the missing jewels inside the radio and sees the car parked outside the house. The car happens to be on his list of items to repossess, so he tells Mary to drive away in his car, while he takes this one back to the company. The Duke sees Jimmy take he car, and a wild car case ensues, ending with the police stopping both vehicles. Jimmy gets the jewels to his boss Lannigan and gets a reward for finding them.<ref>http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/78183/Hold-That-Woman-/</ref> |
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On the trail of Lulu’s ([[Rita La Roy]]) portable radio that she has not made payments on, Jimmy and Mary are hauled down to jail when Lulu calls the police who charges the pair with illegally entering Lulu's flat and stealing her radio. Little do they know, that a movie star’s ([[Anna Lisa (actress)|Anna Lisa]]) stolen diamonds are hidden inside the radio. |
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The real crooks and the cops are soon after them. |
The real crooks and the cops are soon after them. |
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Revision as of 16:29, 19 August 2013
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| Directed by | Sam Newfield |
| Written by | George Bricker (writer) William A. Pierce (story) Raymond L. Schrock (story) |
| Produced by | Sigmund Neufeld (producer) |
| Starring | See below |
| Cinematography | Jack Greenhalgh |
| Edited by | Holbrook N. Todd |
| Music by | David Chudnow |
| Distributed by | Producers Releasing Corporation |
Running time | 67 minutes 63 minutes(Canada, Ontario) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hold That Woman! is a 1940 American film comedy directed by Sam Newfield starring the husband and wife team of James Dunn and Frances Gifford. The working title of the film was Skip Tracer
Plot
Bill Lannigan (John Dilson), boss of Skip Tracers Ltd. - a debt collecting company, gives his repossession agent Jimmy Parker (James Dunn) an ultimatum: he has thirty days to become as successful as his competitor, Miles Hanover, the company's best repossession agent, or he will be fired.
Jimmy starts out by repossessing a radio, belonging to miss Lulu Driscoll (Rita La Roy). Lulu has not made her payments. When performing his task, he is unaware that there are stolen jewels in the radio. It turns out t he jewels are stolen from a famous movie star named Connie Hill (Anna Lisa). Since Jimmy is very persistent and forces his way into the hotel room where Lulu lives, she calls the police and they arrest him and Mary and take them to jail.
Meanwhile, Connie Hill's manager, John Lawrence (William Hall), strongly suspects that her fiancé Steve Brady (George Douglas) is somehow involved in the theft of Connie's jewels. John overhears a conversation between Steve and a man called Duke Jurgens (Paul Bryar]]) as they talk of a share in the robbery. John is now convinced that Steve i in on the theft and goes to Skip Tracers to hire someone to get he jewels back. Jimmy's colleague Miles gets the assignment to retrieve the jewels.
Jimmy is released from prison and happy to be free he decides on a whim to marry his girlfriend Mary Mulvaney (Frances Gifford). He also tries to find Lulu to repossess both the radio and the jewels, but doscovers that Lulu has moved.
Meanwhile, Miles sees Steve meet and be obducted by the Duke and his gang. They go to Lulu's new residence to find the missing jewels, and discover Miles spying on them. Miles is caught and tied up, while both Lulu and Steve are put in the trunk of a car. The Duke and hus men rummage trhough the house to find the jewels, but are interrupted by Jommy, coming for the radio. The Duke gives Jimmy the radio to get rid of him. Jimmy finds the missing jewels inside the radio and sees the car parked outside the house. The car happens to be on his list of items to repossess, so he tells Mary to drive away in his car, while he takes this one back to the company. The Duke sees Jimmy take he car, and a wild car case ensues, ending with the police stopping both vehicles. Jimmy gets the jewels to his boss Lannigan and gets a reward for finding them.[1]
The real crooks and the cops are soon after them.
It’s just a matter of who’ll catch up with them first; and, if they’ll survive long enough for Jim to carry Mary over the threshold of their own home.
Cast
- James Dunn as Jimmy Parker, a Skip-Tracer
- Frances Gifford as Mary Mulvaney
- George Douglas as Jewel Thief Steve Brady
- Rita La Roy as Lulu Driscoll, Brady's Girlfriend
- Martin Spellman as Mike Mulvaney
- Eddie Fetherston as Conroy
- Guy Usher as Police Officer John Mulvaney
- Paul Bryar as "Duke" Jurgens
- Edwin Max as Taxi', Jurgens Henchman
- John Dilson as Bill Lannigan
- Dave O'Brien as Miles Hanover
- Anna Lisa as Corrine Hill, Movie Star
- William Hall as Jack Lawrence
- Marie Rice as Mrs. John Mulvaney
- Frank Meredith as Police Officer Mike
- Art Miles as Kayo
Quotes
MOTHER: If you don't get an education, you'll grow up to be a policeman, just like your father
SON: Well, then I won't do my homework at all!
External links
- Hold That Woman! at IMDb
- Hold That Woman! is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive
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