Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.Torchy, Steve, and Gahagan are on the trail of a bank robber aboard an ocean liner traveling from New York to L.A. via the Panama Canal.
Jimmy Conlin
- Botkin
- (as James Conlon)
John Ridgely
- Reynolds
- (as John Ridgeley)
Art Baker
- Assistant Bank Manager
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe fifth of nine "Torchy Blane" films released by Warner Brothers from 1937 to 1939, and one of two Torchy Blane films not to feature Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane as Torchy and Steve McBride. Tom Kennedy played Gahagan in all nine Torchy Blane episodes. "Torchy Blane...Playing with Dynamite" featured Jane Wyman as Torchy and Allen Jenkins as McBride.
- GoofsWhen Torchy Blaine temporarily gives Crafton the stuffed leopard mascot, he takes it to his room and stuffs the stolen bank money inside the leopard which would have made the mascot a lot heavier. But when Carlton returns the mascot to her; the considerable added weight goes unnoticed.
- Quotes
Cop: Hold it. You can't go in there, lady. There's been a hold-up and a murder.
Torchy Blane: You're wrong, boys. Hold-ups and murder are my meat. Here's the open sesame that swings wide all portals - my press pass. Torchy Blane of the Star.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Torchy Gets Her Man (1938)
- SoundtracksCalifornia, Here I Come
(1924) (uncredited)
Music by Joseph Meyer
Lyrics by Al Jolson and Buddy G. DeSylva
Sung by members of the Loyal Order of Leopards aboard ship
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"When A Leopard says Meow"
Tom Kennedy as leadfooted and deadheaded Sergeant Geoghan gets a bit more screen time in this Torchy Blane film as his lodge The Leopards is used as a cover for a bank robbery. Think how Amos and Andy would feel if the Mystic Knights of the Sea was so dishonored or Ralph Kramden if someone did that to the Loyal Order of the Racoons. Good thing Kennedy got so much screen time as movie audiences apparently missed Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane. I sure missed them myself.
Lola Lane and Paul Kelly are the stars of Torchy Blane In Panama and they didn't click with me either. Pity because this was one of the better Blane stories. A bank robber robs a bank during the middle of the Leopard Convention Parade in Manhattan and kills a teller. The perpetrator makes off with $90,000.00 in consecutive bills and our ace reporter Torchy finds a Leopard Lodge pin at the scene.
A little detective work and Lane, Kelly, and Kennedy are off on a cruise ship to Panama figuring that it's a good place to fence hot money. Kelly to put Torchy in her place brings along rival reporter Larry Williams whose an obnoxious sort. But Lane's way ahead of all of them, though it nearly gets her killed.
What Farrell and MacLane could have done with this.
Lola Lane and Paul Kelly are the stars of Torchy Blane In Panama and they didn't click with me either. Pity because this was one of the better Blane stories. A bank robber robs a bank during the middle of the Leopard Convention Parade in Manhattan and kills a teller. The perpetrator makes off with $90,000.00 in consecutive bills and our ace reporter Torchy finds a Leopard Lodge pin at the scene.
A little detective work and Lane, Kelly, and Kennedy are off on a cruise ship to Panama figuring that it's a good place to fence hot money. Kelly to put Torchy in her place brings along rival reporter Larry Williams whose an obnoxious sort. But Lane's way ahead of all of them, though it nearly gets her killed.
What Farrell and MacLane could have done with this.
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- Jan 26, 2013
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- Also known as
- Trouble in Panama
- Filming locations
- Canal Zone, Panama(archive footage, backgrounds, establishing shots)
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- Runtime59 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Torchy Blane in Panama (1938) officially released in India in English?
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