Upon her release from prison for a murder she didn't commit, a woman finds that her younger sister has been placed in an orphanage. Determined to do whatever it takes to get her out, she eventually becomes the proprietor of a notorious gambling establishment.
Acting
Vera Ralston's ice-queen transformation from victim to power player
Costume
The evolution from drab prison garb to devastating gambling-hall glamour
Director
Allan Dwan
Vera Ralston
Daisy Henshaw / Belle Le Grand
John Carroll
John Kilton
William Ching
Bill Shanks
Hope Emerson
Emma McGee
Harry Morgan
Abel Stone
Grant Withers
Shannon
Stephen Chase
Montgomery Crame
John Qualen
Corky McGee
Charles Cane
Cal
Thurston Hall
Parkington
Marietta Canty
Daisy
Glen Vernon
Bellboy
Muriel Lawrence
Nan Henshaw
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vera Ralston was a Czech figure skater turned actress who became Mrs. Herbert Yates—owner of Republic Pictures—which explains why she starred in so many of their films regardless of critical reception. This was her eleventh collaboration with Allan Dwan.
Republic Pictures specialized in 'B' pictures and westerns; Belle Le Grand was their attempt at a more prestigious 'women's picture' with noir elements, though it remained firmly in their bargain-basement wheelhouse.
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