The Reformer and the Redhead (1950) on Netflix
Approved19501h 30mComedyRomance
Kathleen Maguire's father, zookeeper Dr. Kevin G. Maguire, is fired for political reasons, so she asks young attorney Andrew Rockton Hale for help. A lion is loose from the zoo.
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Plot summary
Kathleen Maguire has a temper, and she has a problem. Her father, Dr. Kevin G. Maguire, is a zookeeper who has been dismissed from his job for political reasons, and she wants him back at the zoo. She needs someone who knows the law and will take her side, and she finds Andrew Rockton Hale, a young attorney. He agrees to take up her father's cause, and together they begin asking questions about the dismissal. A lion gets loose from the zoo while the case is under way, and Kathleen and Andrew have to deal with that as well. The two of them fall for each other as the case goes on.
Cast
- Wally Maheras Jerry Nolard Boyle
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- Mario Silettias Guest at Italian-American Rally (uncredited)
- Stuffy Singeras Orphan (uncredited)
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Reformer and the Redhead (1950)
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- MGM announced the film as a vehicle for Lana Turner, who had not made a picture since The Three Musketeers; while she was reported yachting in Florida, the Hollywood press speculated she might lose the part, and by July it went instead to June Allyson, who starred opposite her real-life husband Dick Powell.
