Miss Pinkerton (1932)

5.9/10 66 min Comedy Mystery Thriller

Overview

Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerton, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.

Cast

Joan Blondell

Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton

George Brent

Police Inspector Patten

Ruth Hall

Paula Brent

John Wray

Hugo

Elizabeth Patterson

Juliet Mitchell

C. Henry Gordon

Dr. Stuart

Holmes Herbert

Arthur Glenn

Mary Doran

Florence Lenz

Blanche Friderici

Mary

Mae Madison

Second Nurse

Nigel De Brulier

Coroner James A. Clemp

Eulalie Jensen

Superintendent of Nurses Miss Gibbons

Walter Brennan

Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Lyle Talbot

Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Luana Walters

First Nurse (uncredited)

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