Swing Your Lady (1938)

Swing Your Lady (1938)Deep in the Ozarks, wrestling promoter Ed Hatch comes up with a great idea: pit his muscle bound meathead of a wrestler against the local blacksmith, an Amazon named Sadie. Think of the publicity! Think of the ticket sales! This is the break Ed's been waiting for until the wrestler loses his heart to the blacksmith and refuses to slam his ladylove into the canvas. In a real change of pace role, Bogart plays Ed in backwoods comedy chockablock with

It's a mystery - one with a terrific surprise ending

is above-the-title

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in the same year as the national poll that would crown them Hollywood's King and Queen

Gordon Ralfe (Poitier)

outrageously illegal -- and the granddaddy of the cross-country speed spectacles that have raced across movie screens in the past two generations

Appointed to defend a drifter who's confessed to killing a small town's leading citizen

Hollywood has always known what to do with sailors on leave: Give 'em some pretty girls and some great songs and watch the fans line up to enlist

Ace reporter Steve Grey digs up the dirt

David faces a trial where race counts more than evidence

this remains an enduring favorite