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RUNTIME
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Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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Ladies They Talk About
"She's BRAZEN!"
1933 1h 9m EN
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MID
★6.2TMDB · 45
CrimeDrama
Synopsis
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A moll, imprisoned after participating in a bank robbery, helps with a breakout plot.
“She's BRAZEN!”
Cast
Barbara Stanwyck
Nan Taylor
Preston Foster
David Slade
Lyle Talbot
Don
Dorothy Burgess
Susie
Lillian Roth
Linda
Maude Eburne
Aunt Maggie
Ruth Donnelly
Noonan
Harold Huber
Lefty Simons
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
- Writers
- Sidney Sutherland, William McGrath, Brown Holmes
- Languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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ERA
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93 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Howard Bretherton, shot by John F. Seitz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Basil Wrangell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster and Lyle Talbot carry the top of the cast.
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FACT
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Marketing tagline: "She's BRAZEN!".
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt0024238 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Howard Bretherton directs. John F. Seitz behind the camera. Basil Wrangell cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 69-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 293 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
- 3Directed by Howard Bretherton, shot by John F. Seitz. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 4Editor Basil Wrangell shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 5Barbara Stanwyck and Preston Foster and Lyle Talbot carry the top of the cast.
- 6Marketing tagline: "She's BRAZEN!".
- 7IMDB entry: tt0024238 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 8Only 45 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
- 9Classified under 14 themes, including "prison", "jealousy", "revenge", "female prisoner".
The technical file
- Cinematography
- John F. Seitz
- Editing
- Basil Wrangell
- Costume design
- Orry-Kelly
- Runtime
- 69 min · 1h 9m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
- Certification (US)
- NR
Also by
Howard Bretherton
Trailers & featurettes
Watch the pieces
Production companies
Who made it
The Vitaphone Corporation
US
Warner Bros. Pictures
US
Key crew
- Costume DesignOrry-Kelly
- ProducerRaymond Griffith
- EditorBasil Wrangell
- Assistant DirectorBen Silvey
- Art DirectionEsdras Hartley
- Theatre PlayCarlton Miles
- Theatre PlayDorothy Mackaye
- Still PhotographerHomer Van Pelt
- ConductorLeo F. Forbstein
- Sound RecordistCharles Althouse
- OtherEugene Joseff
- Additional MusicCliff Hess
- Additional MusicBernhard Kaun
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- prison
- jealousy
- revenge
- female prisoner
- bank robbery
- pre-code
- contempt
- reformer
- moll
- forbidden hollywood
- life of crime
- stool pigeon
- prison break attempt
- women in prison
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical1933-02-04NR
- Physical2021-11-09NR· Blu-ray
- Physical2012-07-10NR· DVD
