Panama Lady

{{short description|1939 film by Jack Hively}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox film | name = Panama Lady | image = Panama lady.jpg | writer = Garrett Fort<br>Michael Kanin | starring = Lucille Ball<br>Steffi Duna<br>Evelyn Brent | director = Jack Hively | producer = Cliff Reid | music = Roy Webb | studio = RKO Pictures | released = {{Film date|1939|05|12|ref1=<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=4681 | title=Panama Lady: Detail View | publisher=American Film Institute | accessdate=April 12, 2014}}</ref>}} | runtime = | language = English | country = United States | budget = }} [[File:Lucille Ball and Allan Lane.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Allan Lane and Lucille Ball ]] '''''Panama Lady''''' is a 1939 film starring Lucille Ball.

== Plot == ''Panama Lady'' is a cleaned-up remake of the 1932 Helen Twelvetrees film vehicle ''Panama Flo''. Lucille Ball essays the old Twelvetrees role as Lucy, a nightclub "hostess" stranded in Panama by her ex-lover Roy (Donald Briggs).

Victimized by a shakedown orchestrated by tavern owner Lenore, oil rigger McTeague (Allan Lane) holds Lucy responsible. To avoid landing in jail, Lucy agrees to accompany McTeague to his oil camp as his housekeeper. Assuming that she has been brought to this godforsaken spot strictly for illicit purposes, Lucy eventually realizes that McTeague's intentions are honorable: All he wants is his money back, and he expects our heroine to work off the debt on her feet.

Ultimately, Lucy and McTeague fall in love, but not before the scurrilous Roy re-enters her life.

==Cast== * Lucille Ball as Lucy * Allan Lane as McTeague * Steffi Duna as Cheema * Donald Briggs as Roy Harmon * Evelyn Brent as Lenore * Bernadene Hayes as Pearl

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|id= 0031777 |title=Panama Lady}} * {{AFI film|4681}} * [http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=83651 New York Times Review] [broken link, Oct 8, 2021]

Category:1939 films Category:1939 romantic drama films Category:American romantic drama films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films produced by Cliff Reid Category:Films directed by Jack Hively Category:RKO Pictures films Category:1939 English-language films Category:Films with screenplays by Garrett Fort Category:Films set in Panama Category:Domestic workers in films Category:1939 American films Category:English-language romantic drama films