Lady in a Jam

Lady in a Jam

★ 5.6IMDb Score
Released:1942-06-19
Duration:78 min
Director:Gregory La Cava
Actors:Irene Dunne, Patric Knowles, Ralph Bellamy, Eugene Pallette, Samuel S. Hinds
Production:Universal Pictures

Overview:

A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.

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