Girls Can Play

Girls Can Play is a 1937 American drama film, directed by Lambert Hillyer. It stars Julie Bishop, Charles Quigley, and Rita Hayworth.

Girls Can Play
Directed by	Lambert Hillyer
Starring	Julie Bishop Charles Quigley Rita Hayworth
Cinematography	Lucien Ballard
Edited by	Byron Robinson
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date	June 23, 1937 (1937-06-23)
Running time	59 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Ann Casey, a softball player, responds to a newspaper advertisement looking for models at a photography studio because she is sick of wearing activewear and wants to wear something more elegant. While in line, a reporter named Jimmy Jones diverts her, costing Ann the job inadvertently.

While she returns to playing softball, Jimmy thinks there might be a story in the team. He finds its owner is a gangster, Foy Harris, then stumbles into a diabolical murder plot involving Foy being disguised as a woman on the team. Foy first kills his partner, then, because she knows too much, murders player Sue Collins by poisoning the laces of her catcher's mitt.

Ann ends up hiding in Foy's closet, in danger of her life, then used as a hostage before Jimmy arrives to save her, just in time.

Cast

• Julie Bishop as Ann Casey (billed as Jacqueline Wells)
• Rita Hayworth as Sue Collins
• Charles Quigley as Jimmy Jones
• John Gallaudet as Foy Harris
• Patricia Farr as Peanuts O'Malley

See also

• List of baseball films
• Women in baseball

External links

• Girls Can Play at the Internet Movie Database