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"FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!"

No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.

Top Cast

  • Wynne Gibson

    Wynne Gibson

    Lena Karelson

  • Preston Foster

    Preston Foster

    Jason Everett

  • Mona Barrie

    Mona Barrie

    Ada Robillard

  • Harvey Stephens

    Harvey Stephens

    Martin Knox

  • Roger Imhof

    Roger Imhof

    MacGowan

  • J. Carrol Naish

    J. Carrol Naish

    Carl Izzard

  • Suzanne Kaaren

    Suzanne Kaaren

    Dixie

  • Howard Lally

    Howard Lally

    Jack Wentworth

  • Joseph Crehan

    Joseph Crehan

    Conductor (uncredited)

Overview

No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.

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