The Lady And The Mob (1939) Fay Bainter | Ida Lupino | Lee Bowman | Rare Crime Comedy Movie !

When Fred Leonard (Lee Bowman) sends his fiancée, Lila (Ida Lupino), to meet his disapproving mother, Hattie (Fay Bainter), the timing couldn’t be worse. Hattie has just discovered that her local laundry is being squeezed by the mob and, tough cookie that she is, decides to combat them by forming a mob of her own with the help of a reformed crook (Warren Hymer). As for her prospective daughter-in-law, Hattie doesn’t think much of her -- until Lila decides she’d like to join the mob too. The Lady and the Mob is a 1939 American crime comedy action adventure film directed by Benjamin Stoloff and written by Richard Maibaum and Gertrude Purcell. The film stars Fay Bainter, Ida Lupino, Lee Bowman, Henry Armetta, Warren Hymer and Harold Huber. It was released on April 3, 1939 by Columbia Pictures. Cast Fay Bainter as Hattie Leonard Ida Lupino as Lila Thorne Lee Bowman as Fred Leonard Henry Armetta as Zambrogio Warren Hymer as Frankie O’Fallon Harold Huber as Harry the