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Joan of Ozark. D: Santley [US, 1942]

ID

FBW000242      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1942

Original Title

Joan of Ozark

Other Title(s)

Queen of Spies [VT-GB]

Directed by

Joseph Santley

Produced by

Republic Pictures Corporation, Los Angeles, CA / New York, NY

Staff

Associate producer: Harriet Parsons; Script: Robert Harari, Eve Greene, Jack Townley, Monte Brice (Zusätzliche Dialoge), Bradford Ropes (Zusätzliche Dialoge); Camera: Ernest Miller; Editing: Charles Craft; Production design: Russell Kimball; Musical direction: Cy Feuer; Orchestration: Gene Rose; Songs: Mort Greene, Harry Revel, Dave Ringel, Fred Meinken; Choreography: Nick Castle

Cast

Judy Canova (Judy Hull); Joe Evans Brown (Cliff Little); Eddie Foy, Jr. (Eddie McCabe); Jerome Cowan (Philip Munson); Alexander Granach (Guido); Wolfgang Zilzer (Kurt); Anne Jeffreys (Marie Lamont); Otto Reichow (Otto); Hans Heinrich von Twardowski (Hans); William Dean (Karl); Paul Fung (Yamatako); Donald Curtis (Leonard Jones); George Eldredge (Chandler); Olin Howlin (Game Warden); Ralph Peters (Window Cleaner); Chester Clute (Salesman); Emmett Lynn (Hillbilly Driver); Kam Tong (Japanese Commander); Cyril Ring (Reporter); Eric Alden (Reporter); Ralph McCullough (Reporter); Lloyd Whitlock (Col. Ashley); Horace Carpenter (Mountaineer); Bobby Stone (Newsboy); Bud Jamison (Cop); Tyler Gibson (Zeke); William Sundholm (Si); William Worth (Clem); Robert Cherry (Young Hillbilly); William Nestell (Joe); William von Brincken (German Radio Operator); Harry Hayden (Mayor Fadden); Gladys Gale (Mrs. Fadden); Charles F. Miller (Mr. Graham); Laura Treadwell (Mrs. Graham); Nora Lane (Mrs Ashley); Bob Stevenson (Hillbilly); Peppy Walters (Specialty Dancer); Peanuts Walters (Specialty Dancer); Jason Robards, Sr. (Theatrical Agent); Ernest Hilliard (Theatrical Agent); Dick Keene (Theatrical Agent); Bert Moorhouse (Drunk); Fred Santley (Representative); Pat Gleason (Representative); Charles Williams (Representative); Fred Allen (Dancer); Joan Tours (Dancer); Sally Caims (Dancer); Eleanor Bayley (Dancer); Billie Lane (Dancer); Jane Allen (Dancer); Ruby Morie (Dancer); Kay Gordon (Dancer); Aileen Morris (Dancer); Jean O'Connell (Dancer); June Earle (Dancer); Patsy Bedell (Dancer); Pearl Tolson (Dancer); Jeanette Dickson (Dancer); Helen Seamon (Dancer); Barbara Clark (Dancer); Mary Jo Ellis (Dancer); Midgie Dare (Dancer); Brier Audreno (Dancer); Maxine Ardell (Dancer)

Length

2193 m / 80'

Format

35mm/sw/1:1,37

Dates

- 15 Jul 1942: US release date
- 17 Jul 1942: Trade show, New York, NY
- 01 Aug 1942: Copyright LP11508

Abstract

The night club singer Judi Hill accidentally shoots a Nazi spy agent and the press celebrate her as a heroine. Cliff Little, a theatre agent puts her in a New York club by pretending to be an agent in need of her help. The club turns out to be a shelter for Nazi sympathizers.

Subject Terms

Anti-Nazi films (US)

Bibliography

- , in: Motion Picture Herald (New York, NY), Vol. 148, Nr. 4, 25.07.1942
- , in: Today's Cinema, Vol. 59, Nr. 4807, 27.11.1942
- , in: Kinematograph Weekly (London), Nr. 1859, 03.12.1942
- Schwab, Lothar (Red.): Exil. Sechs Schauspieler aus Deutschland. Wolgang Zilzer (Paul Andor), Bd. 6, Berlin/West: Stiftung Deutsche Kinemathek, 1983
- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987