The Lucky Stiff

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The Lucky Stiff

1949

1h 39m

5.8(5 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Overview

A lawyer spooks gangsters by faking a framed singer's electrocution.

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15 members

Acting

Dorothy Lamour

Anna Marie St Claire

Acting

Brian Donlevy

John J. Malone

Acting

Claire Trevor

Marguerite Seaton

Acting

Irene Hervey

Mrs. Eve Childers

Acting

Marjorie Rambeau

Hattie Hatfield

Acting

Robert Armstrong

Insp. Von Flanagan

Acting

Warner Anderson

Eddie Britt

Acting

Virginia Patton

Millie Dale

Acting

Richard Gaines

Dist. Atty. John Logan

Acting

Joe Sawyer

Tony

Acting

Larry J. Blake

Louie Perez (as Larry Blake)

Acting

Billy Vines

Joe Di Angelo

No Image

Acting

Bob Hopkins

MacDougal

No Image

Acting

Sidney Miller

Bernstein

Acting

Charles Meredith

Jim Childers aka Big Jim

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