Miss Pinkerton
The Most Unusual Mystery of the Year
1932 | 66m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
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| Writer: | Lillie Hayward, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Niven Busch |
| Staring: |
| Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerton, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death. | |
| Release Date: | May 27, 1932 |
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| Director: | Lloyd Bacon |
| Writer: | Lillie Hayward, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Niven Busch |
| Genres: | Comedy, Mystery, Thriller |
| Keywords | nurse, butler, insurance fraud, police, locker room, hospital, private detective |
| Production Companies | First National Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 24, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Joan Blondell | Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton |
| George Brent | Police Inspector Patten |
| Ruth Hall | Paula Brent |
| John Wray | Hugo |
| Elizabeth Patterson | Juliet Mitchell |
| C. Henry Gordon | Dr. Stuart |
| Holmes Herbert | Arthur Glenn |
| Mary Doran | Florence Lenz |
| Blanche Friderici | Mary |
| Mae Madison | Second Nurse |
| Nigel De Brulier | Coroner James A. Clemp |
| Eulalie Jensen | Superintendent of Nurses Miss Gibbons |
| Walter Brennan | Police Dispatcher (uncredited) |
| Lyle Talbot | Newspaper Editor (uncredited) |
| Luana Walters | First Nurse (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Homer Van Pelt | Still Photographer |
| Lillie Hayward | Writer |
| Robert Tasker | Dialogue |
| Bernhard Kaun | Music |
| Barney McGill | Director of Photography |
| Ray Curtiss | Editor |
| Rufus Le Maire | Casting |
| Jack Okey | Art Direction |
| Kenneth Green | Camera Operator |
| William P. Whitley | Assistant Camera |
| Billy Gordon | Casting Assistant |
| William Maybery | Casting Assistant |
| Leo F. Forbstein | Conductor |
| Lloyd Bacon | Director |
| Mary Roberts Rinehart | Novel |
| Niven Busch | Writer |
| Name | Title |
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| Hal B. Wallis | Producer |
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