City Girl
Directed by	Alfred L. Werker
Screenplay by	Lester Ziffren Frances Hyland Robin Harris
Story by	Robin Harris Frances Hyland Lester Ziffren
Produced by	Sol M. Wurtzel
Starring	Ricardo Cortez Phyllis Brooks Robert Wilcox Douglas Fowley Chick Chandler Esther Muir
Cinematography	Harry Jackson
Edited by	Norman Colbert
Production company	20th Century Fox
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	January 7, 1938 (1938-01-07)
Running time	63 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

City Girl is a 1938 American crime film directed by Alfred L. Werker and written by Lester Ziffren, Frances Hyland and Robin Harris. The film stars Ricardo Cortez, Phyllis Brooks, Robert Wilcox, Douglas Fowley, Chick Chandler and Esther Muir. The film was released on January 7, 1938, by 20th Century Fox.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Bored with her life and with Don, her lawyer boyfriend, waitress Ellen Ward craves excitement. She accepts an invitation from Ritchie and Mike, a couple of petty crooks, and ends up giving them an alibi for a crime. Ritchie rewards her with $100.

Ellen catches the eye racketeer Charles Blake, irking his moll Vivian, who attacks her with a pair of scissors. Ellen shoots her in self-defense. Ellen is badly injured and has her face radically altered by plastic surgery. Don becomes an assistant district attorney and helps an investigation into Blake's activities, with Ellen, no longer recognizable, working undercover. Blake is about to shoot Don when, at the last instant, Ellen steps between them and is killed.

Cast

• Ricardo Cortez as Charles Blake
• Phyllis Brooks as Ellen Ward
• Robert Wilcox as Donald Sanford
• Douglas Fowley as Ritchie
• Chick Chandler as Mike Harrison
• Esther Muir as Flo Nichols
• Adrienne Ames as Vivian Ross