As soon as this group mentioned “The Glass Key,” I thought “Yeah, Veronica Lake was kind of a “bad girl” while playing Janet Henry. She was the individual writing notes to people about the murder of her brother. She was attempting the find out who the killer was, by her own means. Sounds like detective work to me; but unfortunately, due to the era of the early 20th Century, women were not doing any sort of police work. Being a detective was a male occupation, the occupation of Ed Beaumont. As the group pointed out the films of the 1940’s focused on the moral quest of men. Even though Janet was attempting to solve the case on her own and helped Ed discover who was really behind the murder of Taylor Henry, she did not solve the case in the end. Ed was the MAN who figured everything out. On numerous times, as well, Ed tried to leave town; but in the end he stayed to help solve the case because he found his own set of morals along the way. So, this “bad girl” posing as a good one ended up being pushed under the carpet. I would like to see some of these other films where, in the end, the women rise to the role of “Superfemales.”