Half A Sinner 1940 Comedy, Crime (CC) ★★★

Half a Sinner is a 1940 American comedy crime film directed by Al Christie. It stars Heather Angel as a schoolteacher who in one day becomes Public Enemy Number One in Pennsylvania. The film is based on Dalton Trumbo's short story "Lady Takes a Chance".

Storyline:
Schoolteacher Anne Gladden fears a dull future. She finally decides to take a walk on the wild side, splurging on some fashionable new clothes and setting off to find adventure. Her new confidence inspires her to flirt with complete strangers. When a gangster pays unwanted attention to her, she ditches him and flees in his car, unaware that there's a corpse in the backseat. Determined to recover his stolen vehicle and its incriminating cargo the thug begins a desperate search. The oblivious Anne, comes to the aid of a young man stranded alongside the road. They discover a body in the trunk of the car and decide they have to return the car. They head back to the city, trailed by both the angry gangster and the cops, who suspect the young couple of murder.

Credits:
Heather Angel as Anne Gladden
John "Dusty" King as Larry Cameron
Constance Collier as Mrs. Jefferson Breckenbridge
Walter Catlett as Station Attendant
Tom Dugan as Red [Egan]
Robert Elliott as Officer Kelly
Clem Bevans as Snuffy
Emma Dunn as Granny Gladden
Henry Brandon as Handsome
William B. Davidson as Slick [Kopesco]
Fern Emmett as Margaret Reed
Sonny Bupp as Willy
Wilbur Mack as Mason
Joe Devlin as Steve [Kopesco henchman]