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Panama Lady is a 1939 film starring Lucille Ball.

Panama Lady
Directed by	Jack Hively
Written by	Garrett Fort Michael Kanin
Produced by	Cliff Reid
Starring	Lucille Ball Steffi Duna Evelyn Brent
Music by	Roy Webb
Production company	RKO Pictures
Release date	May 12, 1939 (1939-05-12)[1]
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot

Panama Lady is a cleaned-up remake of the 1932 Helen Twelvetrees film vehicle Panama Flo. Lucille Ball essays the old Twelvetrees role as Lucy, a nightclub "hostess" stranded in Panama by her ex-lover Roy (Donald Briggs).

Victimized by a shakedown orchestrated by tavern owner Lenore, oil rigger McTeague (Allan Lane) holds Lucy responsible. To avoid landing in jail, Lucy agrees to accompany McTeague to his oil camp as his housekeeper. Assuming that she has been brought to this godforsaken spot strictly for illicit purposes, Lucy eventually realizes that McTeague's intentions are honorable: All he wants is his money back, and he expects our heroine to work off the debt on her feet.

Ultimately, Lucy and McTeague fall in love, but not before the scurrilous Roy re-enters her life.

Cast

• Lucille Ball as Lucy
• Allan Lane as McTeague
• Steffi Duna as Cheema
• Donald Briggs as Roy Harmon
• Evelyn Brent as Lenore
• Bernadene Hayes as Pearl

References

External links

• Panama Lady at IMDb
• Panama Lady at AllMovie
• New York Times Review [broken link, Oct 8, 2021]

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