Half a Sinner (1940)

Directed by

Al Christie

Genre

crime film, mystery film

Country

United States

Runtime

59 min

Rated

NR

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A schoolteacher gets mistaken for a criminal and becomes an accidental fugitive. She tries to clear her name while evading the police and a gang of real crooks.

lightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedzanycomedicplayfulquirkyamusing

What happens

Half a Sinner is a 1940 American comedy crime film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Trumbo's short story "Lady Takes a Chance". The working titles of this film were Everything Happens to Ann and The Lady Takes a Chance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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