Adventures of Kitty O'Day is a 1945 American comedy mystery film directed by William Beaudine and starring Jean Parker, Peter Cookson and Tim Ryan. It was a sequel to the 1944 film Detective Kitty O'Day.Marshall p.243 The two films were an attempt to create a new detective series but no further films were made. A third film, Fashion Model, also directed by Beaudine, was made using a similar formula but with another actress playing a heroine with a different name.Gates p.159
Plot Amateur detective Kitty O'Day and her boyfriend are employed in a hotel. After the owner is shot, O'Day takes over the investigation despite the protests of the police.
Cast Jean Parker as Kitty O'Day Peter Cookson as Johnny Jones Tim Ryan as Inspector Clancy Lorna Gray as Gloria Williams Jan Wiley as Carla Brant Ralph Sanford as Mike, Police Detective Sergeant William Forrest as Sauter Byron Foulger as Roberts Hugh Prosser as Nick Joel Dick Elliott as Bascom, Hotel Guest William Ruhl as Michael Tracey Carl Mathews as Policeman Constance Purdy as Woman in Ladies Spa
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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.
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