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Public Deb No. 1

Howlingly hilarious...as her penniless boy friend smacks some sense into her!
Sep 13, 1940 · 1h 19m
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Comedy

PLOT

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.

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CAST

George Murphy
Alan Blake
Brenda Joyce
Penny Cooper
Charles Ruggles
Milburn
Ralph Bellamy
Bruce Fairchild
Mischa Auer
Grisha
Elsa Maxwell
Herself
Lloyd Corrigan
Hugh Stackett
Franklin Pangborn
Bartender
Directed by Gregory Ratoff

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
20th Century Fox
Country
US

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