That Brennan Girl (1946)
I'm Ziggy Brennan....there's a girl like me in every town!
95 min
Raised by Natalie Brennan, a flamboyant and irresponsible mother, Ziggy Brennan gets involved in hustling men at a young age. She hangs around with a wild crowd and learns gets her "street smarts" first from her mother, who wants everyone to think they are sisters, and then from Denny Reagan, an older man. He starts teaching her his tricks of the trade and she falls right in line with his crooked ways. Then one night she meets Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson, a tall, handsome, honest farmer boy who's a sailor and they fall in love. While he's away fighting the war, she discovers she's pregnant.
- Release date
- December 23, 1946
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- George Antheil
- Budget
- $750,000
Cast
- James Dunn as Denny Reagan
- Mona Freeman as Ziggy Brennan
- William Marshall as CPO Martin J. 'Mart' Neilson
- June Duprez as Natalie Brennan
- Frank Jenks as Joe the Cabbie
- Dorothy Vaughan as Mrs. Reagan, Denny's Mother
- Charles Arnt as Fred, Natalie's 2nd Husband
- Rosalind Ivan as Mrs. Merryman the Nosey Landlady
- Fay Helm as Helen, Ziggy's Neighbor
- Bill Kennedy as Arthur, Helen's Husband
Crew
- Alfred Santell · Director
- Adela Rogers St. Johns · Writer
- Doris Anderson · Writer
- Alfred Santell · Producer
- George Antheil · Composer
- Jack A. Marta · Cinematographer
- Arthur Roberts · Editor