Caught in the Act (1941 film)

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Caught in the Act

Directed by	Jean Yarbrough
Written by	Al Martin Robert James Cosgriff
Produced by	Ted Richmond
Starring	Henry Armetta Iris Meredith Inez Palange
Cinematography	Mack Stengler
Edited by	Martin G. Cohn Carl Pierson
Production company	Producers Releasing Corporation
Distributed by	Producers Releasing Corporation
Release date	January 17, 1941 (1941-01-17)
Running time	62 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Caught in the Act is a 1941 American comedy crime film directed by Jean Yarbrough and starring Henry Armetta, Iris Meredith and Inez Palange.^[1] ^[2] It was made and distributed as a low-budget second feature by the Producers Releasing Corporation.

Synopsis

On his daughter's wedding day, construction foreman Mike Ripportella suddenly finds himself pursued by an attractive blonde, gangsters, and the police who want to pin a murder on him.

Cast

Henry Armetta as Mike Ripportella
Iris Meredith as Lucy Ripportella
Robert Baldwin as Jim Keene
Charles Miller as Leonard Brandon
Inez Palange as Mary Ripportella
Richard Terry as Henderson - Extortion Gangster
Joey Ray as Davis - Extortion Gangster
Maxine Leslie as Fay Kingman
William Newell as Police Sergeant Riley
Jack Cheatham as Police Detective
Fern Emmett as Gossip
George McKay as Police Detective
Frank O'Connor as Policeman
Ralph Peters as Policeman
Rose Plumer as Gossip

References

^ Fetrow p.76
^ Langman & Finn p.43

Bibliography

Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994.
Langman, Larry & Finn, Daniel. A Guide to American Crime Films of the Forties and Fifties. Greenwood Press, 1995.

External links

Caught in the Act at IMDb

Films directed by Jean Yarbrough

The Devil Bat (1940)
Caught in the Act (1941)
South of Panama (1941)
King of the Zombies (1941)
The Gang's All Here (1941)
Father Steps Out (1941)
Let's Go Collegiate (1941)
Top Sergeant Mulligan (1941)
Man from Headquarters (1942)
Freckles Comes Home (1942)
Law of the Jungle (1942)
So's Your Aunt Emma (1942)
She's in the Army (1942)
Lure of the Islands (1942)
Police Bullets (1942)
Silent Witness (1943)
Good Morning, Judge (1943)
Follow the Band (1943)
Get Going (1943)
Hi'ya, Sailor (1943)
Week-End Pass (1944)
Moon Over Las Vegas (1944)
South of Dixie (1944)
Twilight on the Prairie (1944)
In Society (1944)
Under Western Skies (1945)
Here Come the Co-Eds (1945)
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
On Stage Everybody (1945)
House of Horrors (1946)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
Inside Job (1946)
Cuban Pete (1946)
The Brute Man (1946)
The Challenge (1948)
Shed No Tears (1948)
The Creeper (1948)
Henry, the Rainmaker (1949)
The Mutineers (1949)
Leave It to Henry (1949)
Angels in Disguise (1949)
Holiday in Havana (1949)
Master Minds (1949)
Joe Palooka Meets Humphrey (1950)
Square Dance Katy (1950)
Father Makes Good (1950)
Joe Palooka in Humphrey Takes a Chance (1950)
Sideshow (1950)
Triple Trouble (1950)
Big Timber (1950)
According to Mrs. Hoyle (1951)
Casa Manana (1951)
Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Lost in Alaska (1952)
Night Freight (1955)
Crashing Las Vegas (1956)
The Women of Pitcairn Island (1956)
Hot Shots (1956)
Footsteps in the Night (1957)
Yaqui Drums (1956)
Saintly Sinners (1962)
Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967)
The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)

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