Tip-Off Girls

{{short description|1938 film by Louis King}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Infobox film | name = Tip-Off Girls | image = Tip-Off Girls poster.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical release poster | director = Louis King | producer = William LeBaron | screenplay = Maxwell Shane Robert Yost Stuart Anthony | starring = Mary Carlisle Lloyd Nolan Roscoe Karns Buster Crabbe J. Carrol Naish Evelyn Brent Anthony Quinn | music = Leo Shuken | cinematography = Theodor Sparkuhl | editing = Ellsworth Hoagland | studio = Paramount Pictures | distributor = Paramount Pictures | released = {{Film date|1938|4|1}} | runtime = 61 minutes | country = United States | language = English | budget = | gross = }}

'''''Tip-Off Girls''''' is a 1938 American crime film directed by Louis King, written by Maxwell Shane, Robert Yost and Stuart Anthony, and starring Mary Carlisle, Lloyd Nolan, Roscoe Karns, Buster Crabbe, J. Carrol Naish, Evelyn Brent and Anthony Quinn. It was released on April 1, 1938, by Paramount Pictures.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93426/tip-off-girls |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403013256/http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/93426/Tip-Off-Girls/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 3, 2015 |title=Tip-Off Girls (1938) – Overview |publisher=Turner Classic Movies |date= |access-date=2015-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/113925/Tip-Off-Girls/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328034053/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/113925/Tip-Off-Girls/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2014-03-28 |title=Tip-Off-Girls – Trailer – Cast – Showtimes |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |publisher=Baseline & All Movie Guide |author=Hal Erickson |author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2014 |access-date=2015-03-30}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=6172 |title=Tip-Off Girls |publisher=Afi.com |date=1938-01-04 |access-date=2015-03-30}}</ref>

==Plot== {{More plot|date=March 2015}}

A ring of truck hijackers is organized by Joseph Valkus, run by Red Deegan and fronted by Rena Terry, a woman who pretends to be helpless, tricking truckers to trust her before their shipments are stolen.

Out to bust up the racket, the FBI assigns agents Bob Anders and Tom Benson to go undercover. Pretending to be drivers, then thieves, they gain Valkus's trust. Bob also meets and falls for Marjorie Rogers, a secretary who is totally unaware of the illegal activities.

Bob is overheard tipping off the FBI to the next heist. He is beaten by Valkus's men, but Marjorie manages to write and deliver a note that brings federal agents to the rescue.

== Cast == *Mary Carlisle as Marjorie Rogers *Lloyd Nolan as Bob Anders *Roscoe Karns as Tom Benson *Buster Crabbe as John A. 'Red' Deegan *J. Carrol Naish as Joseph Valkus *Evelyn Brent as Rena Terry *Anthony Quinn as Marty *Benny Baker as Scotty *Harvey Stephens as Chief Agent Jason Baardue *Irving Bacon as Sam *Gertrude Short as 'Boots' Milburn *Archie Twitchell as Hensler *Barlowe Borland as Blacky *Pierre Watkin as George Murkil

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== External links == * {{IMDb title|0030875|Tip-Off Girls}}

Category:1938 films Category:Paramount Pictures films Category:American crime films Category:1938 crime films Category:Films directed by Louis King Category:American black-and-white films Category:1938 English-language films Category:1938 American films Category:Films scored by Leo Shuken Category:English-language crime films