Lady in a Jam(1942)
A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
Movie: Lady in a Jam
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Jane Palmer
Doctor Enright
Stanley
Billingsley
Doctor Brewster
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Ground-Hog
Faro Bill
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A psychiatrist's patient, a nutty heiress, travels west to find gold in her grandfather's abandoned mine. The psychiatrist, unable to talk her out of it, decides to follow her out there.
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1942-06-19
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