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Lynn Bari
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Christine Faber (Lynn Bari) is a wealthy widow whose husband Paul (Donald Curtis) allegedly died in a boating accident two years ago. The emotionally unbalanced grieving widow hears from her beach house balcony the voice of her former hubby calling out from the ocean for her not to marry the lawyer Martin Abbott (Richard Carlson). When Christine walks along the beach she's approached by phony medium Alexis (Turhan Bey), who provides her with personal information about her husband that convinces her he can communicate with the dead and she becomes a regular customer. This is to the chagrin of her younger sister Janet Burke (Cathy O'Donnell) and Martin. The lawyer boyfriend hires a private detective, Hoffman, to check Alexis out, and Janet is sent over to Alexis' to pretend to be a client in order to get fingerpints. In the meantime the detective discovers that Alexis served prison time for a previous con artist scam.
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While on the set one day, Lynn Bari was talking with co-star Anabel Shaw and mentioned that she was a direct descendant, on her mother's side, of Revolutionary War hero Alexander Hamilton. Shaw revealed that she was a direct descendant of Aaron Burr, the man who killed Hamilton in the famous duel. more
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Former Latin Lover Ricardo Cortez directed this farfetched but fast-paced gambling melodrama in which girl reporter Julie Reynolds (Lynn Bari) attempts to infiltrate a crooked gaming establishment by pretending to be a naïve girl from Texas. Julie's plans go awry... when one of the owners, Steve Walker (Donald Woods), recognizes her as his childhood sweetheart. Although Steve's mentor, The Judge (C. Aubrey Smith), warns him of the consequences, the young man insists on resuming his relationship with Julie, a decision that almost costs him his life when rival gangster Marty Connors (Richard Lane) decides to move in on the operation. But Steve and Julie pull a fast one on Marty and The Judge skips the City of Chance on a floating casino. ~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide
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The stepdaughter of a minister, Lynn Bari entered films as an anonymous dancer in MGM's 1933 superproduction "Dancing Lady". Later that same year, she signed a contract with Fox studios, inaugurating a decade-long association with that studio. Though she yearned for parts of substance, the brunette actress was generally limited to "B" pictures and pin-up poses. In the studio's more expensive efforts, Lynn was usually cast as truculent "other women" and villainesses; one of her rare leading roles in an "A" picture was as Henry Fonda's likable vis-a-vis in "The Magnificent Dope" (1942). Lynn's excellent top-billed performance in the independently produced "The Bridge of San Luis Rey" (1944) should have made her a star, but the film unfortunately tanked at the box office.
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Former Latin Lover Ricardo Cortez directed this farfetched but fast-paced gambling melodrama in which girl reporter Julie Reynolds (Lynn Bari) attempts to infiltrate a crooked gaming establishment by pretending to be a naïve girl from Texas. Julie's plans go awry... when one of the owners,...
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The film stars Turhan Bey, Lynn Bari, Cathy O’Donnell and Richard Carlson. Carole Landis was originally hired to play the part taken by Bari, but she committed suicide a few days before shooting began.
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