Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful ways.
Acting
Ruth Hussey's transformation from victim to mastermind.
Writing
Tight 65-minute plotting with snappy con artistry.
Director
Gustav Machatý
Ruth Hussey
Mary Turner
Tom Neal
Richard Gilder
Paul Kelly
Joe Garson
William Gargan
Police Sergeant Cassidy
Paul Cavanagh
English Eddie Morton
Rita Johnson
Agnes Lynch
Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. Gilder
Lynne Carver
June
Sidney Blackmer
George Demarest
Jo Ann Sayers
Helen Morris - the Thief
Ann Morriss
Saleswoman
James Burke
'Red'
Donald Douglas
Inspector Burke
Cliff Clark
McGuire
Claude King
Art Dealer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Gustav Machatý was already famous for 1933's 'Ecstasy'—this was his attempt at mainstream Hollywood respectability.
The film quietly subverts 1930s 'fallen woman' tropes by making Mary's 'corruption' purely intellectual and legal, not sexual.
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