Comedy · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 19m

Public Deb No. 1

Public Deb No. 1 poster
Director
Gregory Ratoff
Cast
George Murphy as Alan Blake Brenda Joyce as Penny Cooper Charles Ruggles as Milburn Ralph Bellamy as Bruce Fairchild Mischa Auer as Grisha Elsa Maxwell as Herself
Crew
Ernest Palmer — Director of Photography Robert L. Simpson — Editor Karl Tunberg — Writer Darrell Ware — Writer Karl Tunberg — Story Don Ettlinger — Story
Tagline

Howlingly hilarious...as her penniless boy friend smacks some sense into her!

Synopsis

When a waiter gives a society girl a public spanking for attending a Communist rally, her soup-tycoon uncle makes the waiter a vice-president of his company.

Mood & Themes
spankingcommunist rally
Key Collaborators
Gregory Ratoff Director Ernest Palmer Director of Photography Robert L. Simpson Editor Karl Tunberg Writer Darrell Ware Writer Karl Tunberg Story Don Ettlinger Story Darryl F. Zanuck Producer Travis Banton Costume Design
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