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23/12/1946 Drama, Romance 1h 35m
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I'm Ziggy Brennan....there's a girl like me in every town!

Overview

Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.

  1. Alfred Santell

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. James Dunn

    Denny Reagan

  2. Mona Freeman

    Ziggy Brennan

  3. William Marshall

    CPO Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson

  4. June Duprez

    Natalie Brennan

  5. Frank Jenks

    Joe, the Cabbie

  6. Dorothy Vaughan

    Mrs. Reagan, Denny's Mother

  7. Charles Arnt

    Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband

  8. Rosalind Ivan

    Mrs. Merryman, the Nosey Landlady

  9. Fay Helm

    Helen, Ziggy's Neighbor

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-07-07
Hmmm. This film takes a pretty long time to depict the tribulations of the eponymous, pretty and shallow girl "Ziggy" (Mona Freeman) who lives with her floozy mother "Natalie" (June Duprez). This sets the scenario for the film: she's a bit of a chancer who lives her life fleecing gents and committing petty larceny. When she alights on "Denny" (James Dunn), they up their game and start to illicitly divert the furniture of people moving house - quite a lucrative trade, as it turns out. There is a little hope for the girl, though - she falls in love with a naval officer who is content to let her ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$750,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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