Detective Kitty O'Day

1944 film by William Beaudine

Jean Parker
Peter Cookson
Tim Ryan
Veda Ann Borg

CinematographyIra H. MorganEdited byRichard C. CurrierMusic byEdward J. Kay

Production
company

Monogram Pictures

Distributed byMonogram Pictures

Release date

May 13, 1944 (1944-05-13)

Running time

61 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

Detective Kitty O'Day is a 1944 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan. The film was intended as an attempt to create a new low-budget detective series, but only one sequel, Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945), was made.^[1]

Plot

After her boss is murdered, secretary and aspiring detective Kitty O'Day sees a chance to put her skills to the test to the annoyance of the investigating police officer Inspector Clancy. When Clancy won't properly investigate the dead man's widow, O'Day takes it upon herself to unmask the killer - with the reluctant assistance of her boyfriend Johnny Jones.

Cast

Jean Parker as Kitty O'Day
Peter Cookson as Johnny Jones
Tim Ryan as Inspector Clancy
Veda Ann Borg as Mrs. Wentworth
Edward Gargan as Mike
Douglas Fowley as Harry Downs
Olaf Hytten as Charles, Wentworth's Butler
Edward Earle as Oliver M. Wentworth
Herbert Heyes as Attorney Robert Jeffers

See also

List of American films of 1944

References

^ Marshall p.243

Bibliography

Gates, Phillipa. Detecting Women: Gender and the Hollywood Detective Film. SUNY Press, 2011.
Marshall, Wendy L. William Beaudine: From Silents to Television. Scarecrow Press, 2005.

External links

Detective Kitty O'Day at IMDb

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Films directed by William Beaudine

1920s-30s

Watch Your Step (1922)
Catch My Smoke (1922)
Heroes of the Street (1922)
Her Fatal Millions (1923)
Penrod and Sam (1923)
The Printer's Devil (1923)
The Country Kid (1923)
Boy of Mine (1923)
Daring Youth (1924)
Wandering Husbands (1924)
Daughters of Pleasure (1924)
A Self-Made Failure (1924)
Cornered (1924)
Lovers' Lane (1924) (unconfirmed)
The Narrow Street (1925)
A Broadway Butterfly (1925)
How Baxter Butted In (1925)
Little Annie Rooney (1925)
That's My Baby (1926)
Sparrows (1926)
The Social Highwayman (1926)
The Canadian (1926)
Frisco Sally Levy (1927)
The Life of Riley (1927)
The Irresistible Lover (1927)
The Cohens and the Kellys in Paris (1928)
Heart to Heart (1928)
Home, James (1928)
Do Your Duty (1928)
Give and Take (1928)
Fugitives (1929)
Two Weeks Off (1929)
Hard to Get (1929)
The Girl from Woolworth's (1929)
Wedding Rings (1929)
Those Who Dance (1930)
Road to Paradise (1930)
Father's Son (1931)
Misbehaving Ladies (1931)
The Lady Who Dared (1931)
The Mad Parade (1931)
Penrod and Sam (1931)
Men in Her Life (1931)
Three Wise Girls (1932)
Make Me a Star (1932)
The Crime of the Century (1933)
Her Bodyguard (1933)
The Old Fashioned Way (1934)

British films

Two Hearts in Harmony (1935)
So You Won't Talk (1935)
Dandy Dick (1935)
Boys Will Be Boys (1935)
Get Off My Foot (1935)
Mr. Cohen Takes a Walk (1935)
Where There's a Will (1936)
Educated Evans (1936)
It's in the Bag (1936)
Windbag the Sailor (1936)
Feather Your Nest (1937)
Said O'Reilly to McNab (1937)
Take It from Me (1937)

1930s-40s

Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
Torchy Blane in Chinatown (1939)
She Done Him Right (1940)
Four Shall Die (1940)
The Last Alarm (1940)
Misbehaving Husbands (1940)
Up Jumped the Devil (1941)
Emergency Landing (1941)
Mr. Washington Goes to Town (1941)
Federal Fugitives (1941)
Desperate Cargo (1941)
Flying Wild (1941)
Mr. Celebrity (1941)
The Miracle Kid (1941)
Blonde Comet (1941)
Duke of the Navy (1942)
Broadway Big Shot (1942)
Lucky Ghost (1942)
Professor Creeps (1942)
The Panther's Claw (1942)
Men of San Quentin (1942)
Gallant Lady (1942)
One Thrilling Night (1942)
Phantom Killer (1942)
Foreign Agent (1942)
The Living Ghost (1942)
The Ape Man (1943)
Clancy Street Boys (1943)
Spotlight Scandals (1943)
Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
Here Comes Kelly (1943)
Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
Mystery of the 13th Guest (1943)
What a Man! (1944)
Voodoo Man (1944)
Hot Rhythm (1944)
Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)
Follow the Leader (1944)
Leave It to the Irish (1944)
Oh, What a Night (1944)
Shadow of Suspicion (1944)
Bowery Champs (1944)
Crazy Knights (1944)
Mom and Dad (1945)
Adventures of Kitty O'Day (1945)
Fashion Model (1945)
Blonde Ransom (1945)
Swingin' on a Rainbow (1945)
Come Out Fighting (1945)
Black Market Babies (1945)
Girl on the Spot (1946)
The Face of Marble (1946)
One Exciting Week (1946)
Don't Gamble with Strangers (1946)
Below the Deadline (1946)
Spook Busters (1946)
Mr. Hex (1946)
Philo Vance Returns (1947)
Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
Too Many Winners (1947)
Killer at Large (1947)
Gas House Kids Go West (1947)
News Hounds (1947)
Bowery Buckaroos (1947)
The Chinese Ring (1947)
Angels' Alley (1947)
Jinx Money (1948)
Shanghai Chest (1948)
The Golden Eye (1948)
Smugglers' Cove (1948)
Incident (1948)
Kidnapped (1948)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
The Feathered Serpent (1948)
The Lawton Story (1949)
Tuna Clipper (1949)
Forgotten Women (1949)
Trail of the Yukon (1949)
Jiggs and Maggie in Jackpot Jitters (1949)
Tough Assignment (1949)

1950s-60s

Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
Blonde Dynamite (1950)
Jiggs and Maggie Out West (1950)
Lucky Losers (1950)
County Fair (1950)
Second Chance (1950)
Blues Busters (1950)
A Wonderful Life (1951)
Bowery Battalion (1951)
Cuban Fireball (1951)
Ghost Chasers (1951)
Let's Go Navy! (1951)
Havana Rose (1951)
Crazy Over Horses (1951)
Rodeo (1952)
Hold That Line (1952)
Jet Job (1952)
Here Come the Marines (1952)
The Rose Bowl Story (1952)
Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952)
Feudin' Fools (1952)
No Holds Barred (1952)
Jalopy (1953)
Born to the Saddle (1953)
Roar of the Crowd (1953)
Murder Without Tears (1953)
Yukon Vengeance (1954)
Paris Playboys (1954)
Pride of the Blue Grass (1954)
High Society (1955)
Jail Busters (1955)
Westward Ho the Wagons! (1956)
Up in Smoke (1957)
In the Money (1958)
Ten Who Dared (1960)
Billy the Kid Versus Dracula (1966)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)

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