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What films did Joan Leslie do in Joan Leslie's later career?
The first one was Repeat Performance (1947), a film noir in which she played a Broadway actress.
In her later career what was her age?
wanted to break out of her ingenue image which was partly due to her young age.
Who did she co star with?
in The Skipper Surprised His Wife (1950), appearing with Robert Walker.
Did she work with a certain studio or many?
In 1947, she signed a two-picture contract with the poverty row studio Eagle-Lion Films.
What is an interesting fact regarding her later career?
With the help of her lawyer Oscar Cummings, she took Warner Brothers to court in order to get released from her contract.

Question: Why did she want to be released from her contract?
Self-contained rewrite: Why did Joan Leslie want to be released from her contract?