The Trespasser
Cast & Crew
George Blair
Dale Evans
Warren Douglas
Janet Martin
Douglas Fowley
Adele Mara
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Synopsis
When Stephanie "Stevie" Carson, an ambitious young college graduate, goes to the office of Channing Bliss, the editor of the Evening Gazette , to inquire about a job, she interrupts Denny "Den" Butler and Jane Walters, who are kissing inside Bliss's office. Upon seeing Stevie, Den and Miss Walters decide to have some fun at her expense while also getting back at their mutual enemy, snooty literary critic Bruce Coleman. Den impersonates Bliss on the phone and offers Stevie a job. Fooled, Stevie allows the receptionist, Miss Lacey, to lead her to her "new" office, and accepts her explanation that although Coleman's name is still on the door, he has been fired and will soon leave. Then, Miss Lacey phones the tailor's shop where Coleman and Bill Monroe, a Gazette reporter and Coleman's future brother-in-law, have gone for a tuxedo fitting. After she explains that there is a strange woman inside his office, Coleman returns to be told by Stevie that he has been fired. When Stevie realizes that she has been tricked, she mentions the name of her father, reporter Frank Carson, a friend of Bill's. When he hears this, Bill immediately ushers her into Bliss's office to apply for a real job working in the research library. Coleman, who sells "rare" books which are actually manufactured by a ring of forgers, asks Stevie to deliver a book to Bliss. When she examines the book, Stevie notices that the printer's correction sheet, supposedly dating from the sixteenth century, has been attached to the binding with a pin which she recognizes as a nineteenth century make. She reports this to Bill, and he goes to Coleman, who admits that the book is a forgery. Later, at E. Charles Booksellers, Coleman warns Charles that Stevie is suspicious. Charles insists that Coleman take Bill to the Skyline Lodge that evening, so that Charles' henchman, Davis, can get rid of him. In her dressing room, Coleman tells his wife Linda that he suspects Bill is involved with a ring of forgers. On their way home from the lodge, Coleman's car loses control, and Bill dives out. When the car careens off a cliff, Coleman is killed. From his hospital bed, Bill phones Stevie, telling her to forget about the forgery and deliver the book to Bliss. When Den leaves for the hospital, Stevie follows him there and is fired. After Linda breaks their engagement, Bill goes to a bar and pays for liquor with the engagement ring. Days later, Bill has not reported to work, so Den goes to the bar and persuades him to return to his job or else he will lose it. The next morning, Stevie convinces Den to steal the book back from Bliss's office. Later, Linda tells Stevie that Coleman is involved with the ring, so they visit Charles' bookstore to determine whether the book is really forged, and are followed by Bill and Den. When Stevie notices that Charles has changed the correction sheet pin, he grabs his gun and forces the women outside. Bill and Den arrive just in time for a shootout, during which Kirk, a police detective who has been investigating the ring, crashes his car through the bookstore's garage doors. Charles and Davis are taken into custody, and while Linda and Bill are reunited, Den kisses Stevie.
Director
George Blair
Cast
Dale Evans
Warren Douglas
Janet Martin
Douglas Fowley
Adele Mara
Gregory Gay
Grant Withers
William Bakewell
Vince Barnett
Francis Pierlot
Joy Barlowe
Fred Graham
Dale Van Sickel
Betty Alexander
Joseph Crehan
George Renavent
Charles Williams
Theresa Harris
Jack George
Estelle Etterre
Ken Duncan Jr.
Crew
John Alton
Earl Crain Sr.
Joe Cramer
Erwin Gelsey
Mort Glickman
Jerry Gruskin
Helen Hansard
Frank Hotaling
Bob Mark
Eddie Maxwell
John Mccarthy Jr.
Dorrell Mcgowan
Stuart E. Mcgowan
Dick Moder
William J. O'sullivan
Adele Palmer
Arthur Roberts
Jerry Sackheim
Nathan Scott
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Notes
The working title for the film was The Finger Woman. Although a January 17, 1940 news item in Variety noted that Republic had just purchased a story entitled "The Finger Woman" by Claire Aronton, it is unlikely that Aronton's story is related to this film.
