After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.After one member of their group is murdered, the performers at a burlesque house must work together to find out who the killer is before he strikes again.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
- Officer Pat Kelly
- (as Eddie Gordon)
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- TriviaAlthough it's pretty obvious, the broken-down bathroom fixture discussed by the members of the troupe is none other than a toilet. The Production Code wouldn't allow the offending word to be uttered or shown, and when the replacement arrives, it's a bathroom sink.
- GoofsWhen Dixie come up from the cellar after the raid there are burlesque actors fighting with cops in the background. This comes after Foss had already calmed everything down and was bringing limos to escort the cast to the police station. The girls in the background can be identified as ones that were on the stage in the previous scene.
- Quotes
Biff: What's the matter with comics?
Dixie: I went into show business when I was seven years old. Two days later the first comic I ever met stole my piggy bank in a railroad station in Portland. When I was 11 the comics were looking at my ankles. When I was 14 they were...just looking. When I was 20 I'd been stuck with enough lunch checks to pay for a three-story house. Naw, they're shiftless, dame-chasing, ambitionless...
- ConnectionsEdited into Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
- SoundtracksTake It Off the E-String
Written by Sammy Cahn (as Sammy Kahn) and Harry Akst
Performed by Barbara Stanwyck (uncredited)
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- Jun 25, 2005
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- G-String Murders
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- Runtime1 hour 31 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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