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The Sporting Widow

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Original title

Madame Racketeer

Year

1932

Running time

72 min.

Country

United States

Director

Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Alexander Hall

Screenwriter

Malcolm Stuart Boylan, Harvey Gates

Cast

Music

John Leipold

Cinematography

Henry Sharp (B&W)

Producer

Paramount Pictures

Genre

Comedy

Synopsis

International con artist Martha Hicks a.k.a. Countess von Claudwig is released from another stay in prison and decides to treat her rheumatism with a stay at her estranged husband's hotel at a Wisconsin spa. There undercover, she checks in on the two daughters she abandoned as infants. One wishes to marry an upstanding young man, but his priggish father wants him to marry money. The younger daughter has taken up with hood. Though denying any filial bond, the Countess uses her wiles to try to get her family on track and avoid the detective on her trail.

Awards: 1932: National Board of Review (NBR): Top 10 films

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The Sporting Widow

1932

Harry Wagstaff Gribble, Alexander Hall