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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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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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Genre:Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Written By:Lester Cole
In Theaters:1/1/1934
Box Office:
Runtime:69 minutes
Studio:Fox Film Corporation
Cast
Kenneth MacKenna
Director
Wynne Gibson
Lena Karelson
Preston Foster
Jason Everett
Mona Barrie
Ada Robillard
Harvey Stephens
Martin Knox
Roger Imhof
MacGowan
J. Carrol Naish
Carl Izzard
Suzanne Kaaren
Dixie
Howard Lally
Jack Wentworth
Joseph Crehan
Conductor (uncredited)
Marianne Edwards
Baby (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
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