上映于1932年的喜剧《平克顿小姐》，该片是由劳埃德·培根执导，琼·布朗德尔,乔治·布伦特等主演，作为一部优秀的喜剧，讲述了Scion of the once-rich Mitchell family, Herbert Wynn is found shot to death. Nurse Adams, bored by hospital routine, is recruited by the police to ferret out clues as she tends to Wynn's elderly aunt Julia. Jokingly given the 'rank' of Miss Pinkerson, after the famous detective agency, Adams probes into the mystery, but not before a second death.