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Public Deb No. 1
“Howlingly hilarious...as her penniless boy friend smacks some sense into her!”
4.9 / 10• 1940• 1h 19m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
George Murphy
Alan Blake
Lead
Brenda Joyce
Penny Cooper
Charles Ruggles
Milburn
Ralph Bellamy
Bruce Fairchild
Mischa Auer
Grisha
Elsa Maxwell
Herself
Lloyd Corrigan
Hugh Stackett
Franklin Pangborn
Bartender
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Gregory Ratoff's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Public Deb No. 1 is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
