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A stripper is murdered with her own G-string backstage during a performance. Everyone is suspect, but the show must go on! Old-time burlesque on the Great White Way, before the lights went out in New York's Times Square. Screen legend Barbara Stanwyck, action director William A. Wellman and famed Gypsy Rose Lee team up to create the best backstage musical/murder mystery ever made! Based on actual incidents (and folklore) from the underbelly of the showbiz world. It ain't Shakespeare, but it's a lot of fun!
"Slick and amusing adaptation of Gypsy Rose Lee's clever mystery novel, The G-String Murders." Video Movie Guide
Editor's Note
The behind-the-scenes shenanigans of a burlesque show set the stage for this mixture of comedy, music, sex appeal, and murder. While sardonic comedian Biff Brannigan (Michael O'Shea) constantly hits on lead stripper Dixie Daisy (Barbara Stanwyck), she continually rejects his lascivious advances. She, after all, is too busy thinking about her potential stardom. Meanwhile, as the characters who populate Biff and Dixie's workplace reveal ugly competitive streaks, someone is found strangled with a G-string. Then a second victim falls prey to the mysterious killer. Biff and Dixie soon realize that they have only each other to trust in the search for the killer's identity. William Wellman's usual outstanding direction, along with lush production numbers, keeps the whole thing sprightly. The film's music was justly nominated for an Academy Award for Best Score. The story is based on the novel THE G-STRING MURDERS by Gypsy Rose Lee.
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