Torchy Runs for Mayor

Torchy Runs for Mayor

Ever see a political ring turned into a wedding ring? No? Then just keep an eye on that right honorable honey...Torchy Blane!

NR 1939 · 60 min · ★ 5.9 · Action, Adventure, Comedy

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.

Directed by Ray McCarey · Written by Earle Snell

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Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.
The Adventurous BlondeThe Adventurous Blonde · 1937
The Adventurous Blonde
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The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.
Blondes at WorkBlondes at Work · 1938
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★ 6.31938
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When a rival newspaper publisher complains to his captain about possible collusion between himself and reporter Torchy Blane on scooping her rivals in crime news reporting, Det. Lt. Steve McBride determines to thwart her efforts to get inside information - and she determines to go on getting it, by whatever means necessary.
Torchy Blane in PanamaTorchy Blane in Panama · 1938
Torchy Blane in Panama
★ 5.81938
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Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Torchy Gets Her ManTorchy Gets Her Man · 1938
Torchy Gets Her Man
★ 5.91938
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A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.
Torchy Blane in ChinatownTorchy Blane in Chinatown · 1939
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★ 6.81939
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Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.
Torchy Blane... Playing with DynamiteTorchy Blane... Playing with Dynamite · 1939
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★ 6.81939
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Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

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