Parachute Jumper (MOD)

Parachute Jumper (MOD)"I'm a stenographer without a typewriter to pound, a piece of gum to chew or a place to put it!" In Central Park, a plucky blonde named Alabama (Bette Davis) explains Depression realities to Bill (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), an ex Marine pilot who's likewise out of a job. They strike up a romance that leads them straight into danger when Bill finally finds employment. with a bootlegger. Bill thinks he's flying premium booze from Canada to Prohibition era

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and he's willing to go to any lengths to prove his hunch that it's murder

One of the last features shot in the semi-documentary style popularized by The Naked City and Dragnet

Kate) script spiked with wry observations and under the direction of versatile Jack Conway (A Tale of Two Cities

The fine supporting cast includes Felix Bressart (To Be or Not to Be) and Gail Patrick

Louise Howell's love for him takes a darker turn

A tenacious detective (Robert Mitchum) spinning his wheels to make good

Condon operates a private maternity home where he rakes in the dough until a pre-paid baby is stillborn

she is as shocked as anyone when she agrees to go on a date with Ernesto (Ruben Blades

" "The Riff Song

A dazzling technical effect aptly derived from The Wizard of Oz brings the secret garden alive in a radiant color sequence

a heart-tugging Technicolor® drama that has the duo facing obstacles with the kind of unbreakable love that saw them through aerial bombardments in Mrs