Miss Pinkerton

Miss Pinkerton

66 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | May 27, 1932

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 Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.

Miss Pinkerton

66 mins | Comedy, Thriller, Mystery | May 27, 1932

Miss Pinkerton
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 Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.
IMDb rating 6.0
Producers First National Pictures
Original title Miss Pinkerton
Directors Lloyd Bacon
Writers Niven Busch, Lillie Hayward, Mary Roberts Rinehart, Robert Tasker

Cast

Joan Blondell

as Nurse Georgia Adams aka Miss Pinkerton

George Brent

as Police Inspector Patten

Ruth Hall

as Paula Brent

John Wray

as Hugo

Elizabeth Patterson

as Juliet Mitchell

C. Henry Gordon

as Dr. Stuart

Holmes Herbert

as Arthur Glenn

Mary Doran

as Florence Lenz

Mae Madison

as Second Nurse

Nigel De Brulier

as Coroner James A. Clemp

Eulalie Jensen

as Superintendent of Nurses Miss Gibbons

Walter Brennan

as Police Dispatcher (uncredited)

Lyle Talbot

as Newspaper Editor (uncredited)

Luana Walters

as First Nurse (uncredited)