| Sweater Girl | |
| Director: | William Clemens |
| Starring: | Eddie Bracken June Preisser Phillip Terry Betty Jane Rhodes |
| Music: | Victor Young |
| Cinematography: | John J. Mescall |
| Editing: | Alma Macrorie |
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| Country: | United States |
| Language: | English |
Sweater Girl is a 1942 American mystery and comedy film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes.[1] [2] It was released on July 13, 1942.
The film marked the debut of the classic World War II–era song, "I Don't Want To Walk Without You".[2] The song was performed on-screen by actress Betty Jane Rhodes.[2]
While preparing for Midvale College's upcoming revue, which includes a trick shot with a gun, singer Susan Lawrence develops a romantic interest in Jack Mitchell, who also sings. Their friend Louise Menard is seeing Susan's brother, a professor. All are shocked when songwriter Johnny Arnold is strangled and school reporter Miles Tucker is poisoned with the glue from an envelope. McGill, a detective, begins an investigation into the murders.
One night, Jack volunteers to look after Louise's mother, a helpless invalid. Susan becomes worried and, when she arrives, Mrs. Menard is trying to help Jack, who has narrowly avoided being killed.
With help from Louise's father, a professor, McGill deduces that Mrs. Menard is holding a grudge from a previous child's death, which she blames on an initiation rite at the school. She has also secretly exchanged Susan's trick gun with a loaded one, which Susan unknowingly uses in the show. Everyone arrives too late, but Susan's aim is bad, Jack survives and all live happily ever after.
