Dangerous Nan McGrew
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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 13mNR 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

Helen Kane

Dangerous Nan McGrew

Lead
Victor Moore

Victor Moore

Muldoon

James Hall

James Hall

Bob Dawes

Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Eustace Macy

Frank Morgan

Frank Morgan

Doc Foster

John Hamilton

John Hamilton

Grant

Robert Milasch

Robert Milasch

Sheriff (as Robert Milash)

Roberta Robinson

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.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dangerous Nan McGrew is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker