Movies Similar to Blondes at Work

Smart Blonde(1937)

Ambitious reporter Torchy Blane guides her policeman boyfriend to correctly pinpoint who shot the man she was interviewing.

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Francis Covers the Big Town(1953)

A man who has a talking mule gets a job on a newspaper, and both get mixed up in a murder trial.

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Torchy Blane.. Playing with Dynamite(1939)

Torchy Blane and Steve McBride try to nab a gangster by tracking his moll.

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Torchy Blane in Panama(1938)

Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.

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Torchy Gets Her Man(1938)

A notorious counterfeiter passes himself off as a Secret Service agent to Steve and gets him to unwittingly help him bilk the racetrack out of tens of thousands.

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Torchy Blane in Chinatown(1939)

Torchy Blane joins her police-detective fiance to solve a series of murders involving a set of Chinese grave tablets taken and sold to a collector and death-threats written in Chinese characters.

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Making a Living(1914)

A swindler scams a newspaper reporter-photographer and then, not realizing where the man is employed, applies for a job at his newspaper.

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Love Is News(1937)

When a crafty reporter uses false pretenses to get a story out of heiress Tony Gateson, she turns the tables on him, telling the press that they are engaged. Suddenly he's front page news, every salesman is at his doorstep, and he loses his job. A series of misadventures ensues with him alternately back on his job and fired and her ex-fiancé showing up.

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Front Page Woman(1935)

Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.

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The Adventurous Blonde(1937)

The third of nine Torchy Blane movies. Angry that police detective Steve McBride (Barton MacLane) is giving preferential treatment to his reporter-fiancée, Torchy Blane (Glenda Farrell), reporters from a rival newspaper plan a fake murder with the idea that Torchy's paper will print the story and look foolish. The tables are turned when the fake murder turns out to be the genuine article.

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Torchy Runs for Mayor(1939)

Torchy conducts a one woman campaign against a corrupt mayor and crime boss, and when the reform candidate is murdered, she takes up the banner.

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Fly Away Baby(1937)

Torchy Blane solves a murder and smuggling case during a round-the-world flight.

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Duru(1994)

The plot of the film is based on the biographical facts of Duru Khurtsilava, a famous criminal of the 60s of the 20th century, with amazing physical strength.

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Shadows Of Deciet(2024)

We are introduced to a young detective named Michael Whittaker who for his first major case is tasked to investigate the suspected assassination of a former member of a notorious crime family, however upon extensive investigation Whittaker is able to connect the assassination of this former criminal with assassinations of similar people all around the city linking all of these murders to the crime family itself, as his first case turns into the biggest takedown of his career.

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Magik Rompak(2025)

A leading magician who assembles a reluctant crew for an audacious and daring heist to steal a priceless gem. As their pasts intertwine and the stakes rise, the team must perfect the art of illusion, confront their own vulnerabilities, and orchestrate the ultimate vanishing act to protect their futures.

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The Italian Job(1969)

Charlie's got a 'job' to do. Having just left prison he finds one of his friends has attempted a high-risk job in Torino, Italy, right under the nose of the mafia. Charlie's friend doesn't get very far, so Charlie takes over the 'job'. Using three Mini Coopers, a couple of Jaguars, and a bus, he hopes to bring Torino to a standstill, steal a fortune in gold and escape in the chaos.

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Family Business(1989)

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

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Under Suspicion(2000)

A lawyer is asked to come to the police station to clear up a few loose ends in his witness report of a foul murder. "This will only take ten minutes", they say, but it turns out to be one loose end after another, and the ten minutes he is away from his speech become longer and longer.

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Small Time Crooks(2000)

A loser of a crook and his wife strike it rich when a botched bank job's cover business becomes a spectacular success.

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Heaven(2002)

Cate Blanchett stars as Philippa, a British teacher living in Turin, Italy, who has seen many friends, including her husband, fall victim to drug overdoses. Philippa has repeatedly contacted the police with information about Turin's biggest drug dealer but, complicit in his dealings, they have completely ignored her. So Philippa decides to dole out her own form of justice with a homemade bomb -- setting her off on a journey from young widow to fugitive on the run.

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