Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
1h 19m
Running Time
September 13, 1940Release Date
Public Deb No. 1 (1940)
1h 19m
Running Time
September 13, 1940Release Date
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Plot.
When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.
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Cast & Crew.

George Murphy
Alan Blake

Brenda Joyce
Penny Cooper

Charles Ruggles
Milburn

Ralph Bellamy
Bruce Fairchild

Mischa Auer
Grisha

Elsa Maxwell
Herself

Lloyd Corrigan
Hugh Stackett

Franklin Pangborn
Bartender

Maxie Rosenbloom
Eric

Berton Churchill
Judge

Ivan Lebedeff
Feodor

Elisha Cook Jr.
Communist

Hobart Cavanaugh
Mr. Schlitz

Mary Gordon
Landlady

Chester Clute
Car Payment Man

Charles Judels
Ivan

Luis Alberni
Frontenac

Ted Arkin
Sailor

Margaret Armstrong
President

Herman Bing
Dutchman

Walter Bonn
Doorman

Edward Cecil
Waiter

Joseph Crehan
Director

Alan Davis
Reporter

Hal K. Dawson
Layout Man

Harry Depp
Grocery Clerk

John Dilson
Clerk

George Dobbs
Photographer

Ralph Dunn
Policeman

Don Forbes
Announcer

Selmer Jackson
Lawyer

Louise Lorimer
Secretary

Joseph Marievsky
Chauffeur

Adrian Morris
Guard

William Newell
Reporter

William Pawley
Legionnaire

Lillian Porter
Hat Check Girl

Arthur Rankin
Reporter

Dick Rich
Legionnaire

Addison Richards
Sanford

Dorothy Roberts
Sailor's Lady

Robert Shaw
Reporter

Lee Shumway
Legionnaire

Paul Stanton
Director

Milburn Stone
Reporter

Charles Tannen
Reporter

Stanley Taylor
Reporter

Alexis Tcherkasshy
Dimitri

John Wald
Announcer

Billy Wayne
Photographer

Charles C. Wilson
Sergeant

Douglas Wood
Director

Karl Tunberg
Story / Writer

Travis Banton
Costume Design

Darrell Ware
Writer

Rudolph Sternad
Art Direction
Media.

Details.
Release DateSeptember 13, 1940
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 19m
Content RatingNR
Genres
Last updated:
This Movie Is About.
spanking
communist rally
Wiki.
Public Deb No. 1 (or Elsa Maxwell's Public Deb No. 1) is a 1940 American comedy film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring George Murphy, Brenda Joyce and Ralph Bellamy.
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