Torchy Blane has to solve a blackmail case. This new series chronicles films released in 1939 as I watch them. Torchy wins the election but decides, when presented with a baby to hold for a photograph, that she doesn't want to be the mayor and wants to marry McBride instead. Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner. Steve, who is annoyed at Torchy's interference, writes her name as the new candidate as a joke. Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner. Ward decides to print the story and Blane distributes the publication around the city with the help of Gahagan (Tom Kennedy).
Dolan asks his allies to withdraw advertising from Torchy's newspaper and pressure her editor into canceling her articles. There is a real sense … Adventure The inimitable Farrell-MacLane-Kennedy team brings out the genius of Torchy. Action Torchy is determined to prove that her articles are correct. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Steve threatens Dolan to no avail but found an address where he believes Dolan is keeping Torchy. To his dismay, Torchy decides to run for mayor seriously and is winning voters. Crime
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Attractive Nan, member of a bank-robbery gang, goes to prison thanks to evangelist Dave Slade...who loves her. Certificate: Passed Talk about couples goals!
Female reporter Torchy Blane teams with her cop boyfriend Lt. Steve McBride to solve the killing of an investor who just bought a popular local nightclub. Quick-tempered yet likable Biff Grimes falls for the beautiful Virginia Brush, but he is not the only young man in the neighborhood who is smitten with her. Dolan manages to escape in Gahagan's police car but is killed when the car explodes.
Comedy Comedy Glenda Farrell filed her last story and in a sense made her own new in this film.
She goes to all other newspapers, who all refused to print the story, then she encounters Hubert Ward (Irving Bacon) the publisher of a small and relatively unknown newspaper. 7 of 7 people found this review helpful.
Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) writes a series of articles criticizing the mayor John Saunders, accusing him of colluding with local crime boss Dr. Jerry Dolan (John Miljan) and Dolan's illegal activities.
The managing editor for a newspaper, in hot water with his boss, is demoted to writing the "Nellie Nelson" heart throb column, where he gets the unexpected opportunity to crack a major story.
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With Glenda Farrell, Barton MacLane, Tom Kennedy, John Miljan. Torchy Runs for Mayor Glenda Farrell Barton MacLane Tom Kennedy (1939) Frustrated by the rampant corruption in local political circles, a star newspaper reporter decides to run for office. now playing Torchy Runs For Mayor - (Original Trailer) "In the eighth entry in the series, Torchy goes against a corrupt local politican in Torchy Runs For Mayor (1939).". Torchy is getting all her information straight from the mayor's office, using a listening device. Dolan reports the burglary to police and demands the return of his book. Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll. A half dozen policeman arrived at the house arresting them.
Torchy Blane is investigating the political career of mayor Dr. Dolan, who has installed a corrupt leadership.
Director: Ray McCarey Writers: Earle Snell; Irving Rubine; Frederick Nebel Music by: Howard Jackson Keywords: Mystery, Torchy Blane She demands a new election, and after the opposition's candidate is murdered, she decides to run for mayor. After rival reporters, jealous of Torchy's success, conspire to fake the murder of an actor in order to embarrass her, he ends up being strangled. Certificate: Passed Certificate: Passed Comedy
Torchy writes more articles exposing Dolan, but her story is rejected by her newspaper editor, fearing more syndicates will pull advertising from the paper. Certificate: Passed Torchy Runs for Mayor is a 1939 American drama-comedy film directed by Ray McCarey. title details and video sharing options.