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The Lady and the Mob (1939)

The Lady and the Mob poster
Directed by
Benjamin Stoloff
Genre
crime film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 06m
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A wealthy woman takes on a mob boss who is running a protection racket in her town. She uses her money and clever schemes to fight back.

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What happens

The Lady and the Mob is a 1939 American crime film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Richard Maibaum and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer and Harold Huber. It was released on April 3, 1939, by Columbia Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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