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.
Credits
Sleepers East Cast
| Name |
Character |
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J. Carrol Naish
He was 37, 77 years old when he died
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as Carl Izzard |
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Francis Ford
He was 52, 72 years old when he died
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as Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited) |
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Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
He was 27, 56 years old when he died
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as Porter (uncredited) |
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Douglas Fowley
He was 22, 86 years old when he died
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as Gangster (uncredited) |
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Wynne Gibson
She was 28, 81 years old when she died
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as Lena Karelson |
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Joseph Crehan
He was 50, 82 years old when he died
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as Conductor (uncredited) |
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Harvey Stephens
He was 32, 85 years old when he died
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as Martin Knox |
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Preston Foster
He was 33, 69 years old when he died
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as Jason Everett |
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Roger Imhof
He was 58, 82 years old when he died
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as MacGowan |
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Suzanne Kaaren
She was 21, 92 years old when she died
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as Dixie |
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Howard Lally
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as Jack Wentworth |
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Mona Barrie
She was 24, 54 years old when she died
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as Ada Robillard |
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Morgan Wallace
He was 52, 72 years old when he died
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as Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited) |
Sleepers East Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Duncan Cramer as Production Design. He was 32 (78) years old when He died
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Art |
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Sol M. Wurtzel as Producer. He was 53 (77) years old when He died
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Production |
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Lester Cole as Writer. He was 29 (81) years old when He died
|
Writing |
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Ernest Palmer as Director of Photography. He was 48 (92) years old when He died
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Camera |
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Frederick Nebel as Novel. He was 30 (63) years old when He died
|
Writing |
