Ruth Payne, innocent to begin with, is trying to extradite herself from the clutches of a gang-mob who obtained her release from prison on a falsified confession because they thought she knew something they didn't want known.
Acting
Claudia Dell's terrified-but-defiant innocent woman archetype.
Production
Scrappy Monogram Pictures energy—every dollar on screen.
Director
Albert Ray
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Betty Compson was a major silent star demoted to Poverty Row by 1932; this was her B-movie survival era.
The 'woman wrongly accused' trope exploded in early 1930s films, reflecting Depression-era anxieties about institutional failure.
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