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Dangerous Nan McGrew
“HE COULDN'T RIDE, SHOOT OR ROPE BUT---with the cowboy's gals he was a real "bad man."”
4.5 / 10• 1930• 1h 13m•NR• English
WesternComedyRomance
Storyline
Dangerous Nan McGrew is the sharp-shooting expert of a traveling medicine show that is stranded in the Canadian northwest at the snowbound hunting lodge of wealthy Mrs. Benson. Nan is invited to put on a show for the benefit of Mrs. Benson's Christmas-Eve guests. While performing her boop-a-doop songs, Eustace Macy, the saxophone-tooting nephew of Mrs. Benson falls in love with Nan. And, then, the villain, the bank-robbing Doc Foster, makes his entrance. Can Dawes of the Royal Mounted be seen slushing in pursuit behind the gangster? Could Be.
Cast & Crew
Helen Kane
Dangerous Nan McGrew
Lead
Victor Moore
Muldoon
James Hall
Bob Dawes
Stuart Erwin
Eustace Macy
Frank Morgan
Doc Foster
John Hamilton
Grant
Robert Milasch
Sheriff (as Robert Milash)
Roberta Robinson
Clara Benson
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Malcolm St. Clair's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Dangerous Nan McGrew is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
