Lady of Burlesque

Lady of Burlesque is a 1943 film about the performers at a burlesque house who must work together to find a killer.
 * Directed by William A. Wellman. Written by James Gunn, based on the 1941 novel The G-String Murders by Gypsy Rose Lee.

Girls and Gags, Music and Mirth, Murder and Mystery! (taglines)

Dialogue

 * Biff: Ah, I get it, you're pulling this act to make me feel protective.
 * Dixie: Haven't you ever figured on anybody telling the truth?
 * Biff: Not burlesque dames, they're used to wriggling out of things.

Taglines

 * Girls and Gags, Music and Mirth, Murder and Mystery!

Cast

 * Barbara Stanwyck — Deborah Hoople, aka Dixie Daisy
 * Michael O'Shea — Biff Brannigan
 * J. Edward Bromberg — S.B. Foss
 * Iris Adrian — Gee Gee Graham
 * Gloria Dickson — Dolly Baxter
 * Victoria Faust — Lolita La Verne
 * Stephanie Bachelor — The Princess Nirvena
 * Charles Dingle — Inspector Harrigan
 * Marion Martin — Alice Angel
 * Pete Gordon — Officer Pat Kelly
 * Frank Fenton — Russell Rogers
 * Pinky Lee — Mandy
 * Frank Conroy — 'Stacchi' Stacciaro
 * Lew Kelly — The Hermit
 * Claire Carleton — Sandra