TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR.
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✎ Suggest a correctionTorchy Blane (Glenda Farrell) writes a series of articles criticizing the mayor John Saunders, accusing him of colluding with local crime boss Dr. Dolan (John Miljan) and Dolan's illegal activities. Torchy is getting all her information straight from the mayor's office, using a listening device. Dolan asks his allies to withdraw advertising from Torchy's newspaper and pressure her editor into canceling her articles. She decides to print the story herself and distributed the publication around the city with the help of Gahagan (Tom Kennedy)
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TORCHY RUNS FOR MAYOR. 1939. 6 reels, sd. Based on characters created by Frederick Nebel. Credits: Irving Rubine; director, Ray McCarey; original screenplay, Earle Snell. Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.; 13May39; LP8837.
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