Public Jitterbug No. 1
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The government has set up a special agency to stamp out what it considers the number one public menace: the jitterbug. They aren't after the many followers, but the primary perpetrator of the jitterbug, who they've coined "Public Jitterbug No. 1". Hal Sturges is one of several agents working on the case who goes undercover as a dancer in Broadway haunts to find and capture Public Jitterbug No. 1. In his investigation, Hal runs across the beautiful Betty, a seemingly innocent bystander. Hal and Betty fall for each other. However Betty is unaware that Hal is a federal agent, and Hal is unaware that Betty is Public Jitterbug No. 1. Will their roles as agent and public menace number one take priority over their roles of man and woman?
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Betty Hutton
Betty
Known for
The Greatest Show on Earth
Annie Get Your Gun
Hal Le Roy
Hal Sturges
Also in
Rhythmitis
Ups and Downs
Ray Foster
Joseph Henabery
Burnet Hershey
Chaz Chase
Billy
Also in
The Man on the Eiffel Tower
Start Cheering
Bert Frank
Tom Emerson
Bandleader (uncredited)
Tom Emerson's Hillbilly Sextette
Hillbilly Sextette
Joseph Henabery Director · Burnet Hershey Story Ray Foster Cinematographer
United States release May 9, 1938 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros.
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Warner Bros. Pictures
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Warner Bros.
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English
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English
Release dates
United States · May 9, 1938
Theatrical
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