Movie · 1937
Woman in Distress
“Trigger-fast excitement!”
Released 17 January 1937 58 min Drama / Comedy / Crime More from 1937 → IMDb ↗ · Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
Investigating rumors that a priceless Rembrandt, believed destroyed years ago, is actually in the possession of an elderly spinster, a male newspaper reporter and his female rival determine that it is genuine but subsequently learn it has been stolen by a gang of art thieves who plan to kill the spinster to prevent her from later identifying it.
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How old were they?
May Robson
as Phoebe Tuttle
George C. Pearce
as Sam, the hotel proprietor
George McKay
as Detective-Sergeant Casey
Douglass Dumbrille
as Jerome Culver
Gene Morgan
as Slug Beemis
Charles Cahill Wilson
as Editor Herbert Claxton
Arthur Loft
as Stu Saddler
Paul Fix
as Emory
Dean Jagger
as Fred Stevens
John Carr
as Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
Irene Hervey
as Irene Donovan
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The numbers
51years between the oldest and youngest billed
78May Robson — oldest on the call sheet
27Irene Hervey — youngest billed
45average age of the credited cast