Torchy Gets Her Man

The sixth of Warner Brothers' nine Torchy Blane series returns with the usual troupe, led by Glenda Farrell as Torchy, Barton MacLane as Steve, tom Kennedy as the nitwitted, poetry-spouting sergeant, plus a welcome addition of a handsome, uncredited German Shepherd. They're on the trail of counterfeiters, and the unnamed dog dog seems to be the smartest of the investigators ..... Miss Farrell's talents seem to consist of talking fast and inserting herself into unlikely situations.

It's directed by William Beaudine, who directed one more of the series for Warners, and then went into free fall. He had survived the transition to sound pretty well, but a trip to Britain, where he directed some pretty good comedies, including some Will Hay features, but his return to Tinseltown seemed to leave him forgotten. He seems to have gotten these assignments for Auld Lang Syne, then it was downward into Gower Gulch, still turning out competent features when given someone to work with; but his willingness to go without retakes endeared him the cheapest producers. He kept slogging through the middle of the 1960s, working for whoever would hire him, but his glory days, alas, were behind him.