Miss Pinkerton

{{Infobox film

| name = Miss Pinkerton

| image = Miss-pinkerton-1932.jpg

| caption = Lantern silde

| director = Lloyd Bacon

| producer = Hal B. Wallis (uncredited)

| writer = Niven Busch
Lillie Hayward
Robert Tasker (add. dialogue)

| based_on = {{Based on|the novel Miss Pinkerton: Adventures of a Nurse Detective|Mary Roberts Rinehart}}

| starring = Joan Blondell
George Brent
Ruth Hall

| music = Bernhard Kaun

| cinematography = Barney McGill

| editing = Ray Curtiss

| studio = First National

| distributor = First National

| released = {{film date|1932|7|30}}

| runtime = 66 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

Miss Pinkerton is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy mystery film about a nurse who becomes involved in a murder investigation.{{cite web|title=Miss Pinkerton|url=http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=5707|website=AFI Catalog of Feature Films|publisher=afi.com|accessdate=December 15, 2015}} It stars Joan Blondell, George Brent and Ruth Hall. The film is adapted from a book with the same title, by American novelist Mary Roberts Rinehart.

Plot

Elderly Juliet Mitchell suffers shock upon discovering her nephew's lifeless body. It is not clear if the young man, Herbert Wynn, was killed by accident while cleaning his gun or if he committed suicide or was murdered. Miss Adams (Joan Blondell) is called in to serve as nurse for the bedridden Mitchell. Police Inspector Patten (George Brent) thinks Wynn may have been murdered, so he privately asks Miss Adams to watch the household and report back to him. She is hesitant about accepting the job, but the handsome detective persuades her to help and nicknames her "Miss Pinkerton." The odd behavior of Mitchell and her household staff, her doctor, her lawyer, and the late Wynn's girlfriend give Miss Adams plenty to report.