When Prohibition ends, the mobsters move into the "protection" racket; those who do not pay are knocked off. Small-town reporter Ruth wants a job at the big-city paper, but the editor will not hire her, so she looks for a story and sees the murder of Liquor Board Commissioner Eldridge.
Is it worth your time? If you like those snappy, black-and-white newspaper flicks where people talk way faster than anyone actually does in real life, you’ll probably have a decent time with Women Are Trouble. It’s not exactly deep, but it moves. If you need your movies to be prestige dramas or technically perfect, sta...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Errol Taggart
Harley Knoles
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"Is it worth your time? If you like those snappy, black-and-white newspaper flicks where people talk way faster than anyone actually does in real life, you’ll probably have a decent time with Women Are Trouble. It’s not exactly deep, but it moves. If you need your movies to be prestige dramas or technically perfect, stay away. You’ll be annoyed by the clunky camera work and the way everyone seems to teleport around the city. The whole thing feels like it was filmed in a frantic weekend, and I me..."
Michael Fessier, Richard Blake, George Harmon Coxe
United States
1936 · IMDb 6.7
