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Smart Girls Don't Talk

  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 21m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
540
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Bruce Bennett, Robert Hutton, and Virginia Mayo in Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)
CrimeDramaMusicMystery

A socialite in financial trouble gets involved with a nightclub and gambling club owner, whose hoodlums are not afraid to kill, only to regret it and finally help a police lieutenant incrimi... Read allA socialite in financial trouble gets involved with a nightclub and gambling club owner, whose hoodlums are not afraid to kill, only to regret it and finally help a police lieutenant incriminate him and his gunman.A socialite in financial trouble gets involved with a nightclub and gambling club owner, whose hoodlums are not afraid to kill, only to regret it and finally help a police lieutenant incriminate him and his gunman.

  • Director
    • Richard L. Bare
  • Writer
    • William Sackheim
  • Stars
    • Virginia Mayo
    • Bruce Bennett
    • Robert Hutton
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    540
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Richard L. Bare
    • Writer
      • William Sackheim
    • Stars
      • Virginia Mayo
      • Bruce Bennett
      • Robert Hutton
    • 13User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Top Cast35

    Virginia Mayo
    Virginia Mayo
    • Linda Vickers
    Bruce Bennett
    Bruce Bennett
    • Marty Fain
    Robert Hutton
    Robert Hutton
    • 'Doc' Vickers
    Tom D'Andrea
    Tom D'Andrea
    • Sparky Lynch
    Richard Rober
    Richard Rober
    • Police Lt. McReady
    Helen Westcott
    Helen Westcott
    • Toni Peters
    Richard Benedict
    Richard Benedict
    • Cliff Saunders
    Phyllis Coates
    Phyllis Coates
    • Cigarette Girl
    • (uncredited)
    Bud Cokes
    • Gunman
    • (uncredited)
    Eddie Foster
    • Gunman
    • (uncredited)
    Kenneth Gibson
    • Nightclub Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Joe Gilbert
    • Johnny
    • (uncredited)
    Creighton Hale
    Creighton Hale
    • Apartment House Clerk
    • (uncredited)
    Edna Harris
    • Miss Frey
    • (uncredited)
    Harry Hayden
    • Ballistics Expert
    • (uncredited)
    George Hoagland
    George Hoagland
    • Gunman
    • (uncredited)
    Charles Jordan
    • Detective
    • (uncredited)
    Fred Kelsey
    Fred Kelsey
    • Bartender at Roadhouse
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Richard L. Bare
    • Writer
      • William Sackheim
    • All cast & crew
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    Did you know

    • Trivia
      The huge black car Marty drives Linda to her apartment in is a 1938 Cadillac Series 90 V-16 Fleetwood Town Car. An example in excellent condition in 2024 could be worth well over $100,000. The next day he drives to her place in a 1946 Lincoln Continental Cabriolet; only 201 of those cars were made.
    • Goofs
      Whe Linda takes Marty's gun in for ballistics testing - to see if it was the one that killed her brother - the expert says it doesn't match. ("They're not even close.") But looking through the comparison microscope, it's apparent that if the right image is moved up slightly, all the markings from the lands and grooves would match perfectly. The expert then switches the bullet to the one that killed Clark, and the same images as before are used; only this time, the expert moves the images and everything does align.
    • Connections
      Referenced in Espaldas mojadas (1955)
    • Soundtracks
      The Very Thought of You
      (uncredited)

      Music by Ray Noble

      [Played during the opening credits and occasionally in the score]

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    Details

    • Release date
      • October 9, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dames Don't Talk
    • Filming locations
      • Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    Tech specs

    • Runtime
      • 1h 21m(81 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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