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Pat Mitchell
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Petticoat Larceny: Directed by Ben Holmes. With Ruth Warrick, Joan Carroll, Walter Reed, Wally Brown. An 11 year old radio star decides to throw in her scripts and go undercover to get a better feel for her roles, but when she is kidnapped, trouble soon follows in this comedy.
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- Comedy, Crime, Music
- Ben Holmes
- 1943-07-17
Petticoat Larceny is a 1943 American comedy film directed by Ben Holmes from an original screenplay by Jack Townley and Stuart Palmer. The film stars Ruth Warrick, Joan Carroll, and Walter Reed, and was released by RKO Radio Pictures (who also produced the film) on July 7, 1943.
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8 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: Some Kind of 11-year Old. dougdoepke 21 September 2016. Lively little wartime comedy from RKO. Seems 11-year old radio star Joan Mitchell's (Carroll) crime program is slipping in ratings, (Catch how ratings are tabulated).
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Petticoat Larceny (1943) - Turner Classic Movies. 1h 1m 1943. Overview. Synopsis. Credits. Film Details. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. A radio actress researches a role by mixing with gangsters. Cast & Crew. Read More. Ben Holmes. Director. Ruth Warrick. Pat Mitchell. Joan Carroll. Joan Mitchell. Walter Reed. Bill Morgan. Wally Brown.
Best described as "cute," Petticoat Larceny was intended as a showcase for RKO Radio's latest juvenile discovery, 11-year-old Joan Carroll. The story concerns a bratty radio star (Carroll) who wants to inject some blood-and-thunder plotlines and gangster lingo into her broadcasts.
