Rose Manning swears revenge for the unjust slaying of her father by Inspector McArthur. Five years later, as a nightclub hostess, she is sought by Chuck Gaines, secretly a bootlegger, but she centers her attentions on young Jimmy Carter, who, she learns, is the son of McArthur.
Acting
Evelyn Brent's smoldering, vengeful presence commands every frame.
Production
Gritty nightclub sets that reek of bathtub gin and danger.
Director
George Archainbaud
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released mere months before the Hays Code enforcement began, this is pure uncensored pre-code: gangsters as protagonists, sexual tension without marriage, and cops who are corrupt or dead.
William Holden here is NOT the legendary leading man — it's a different actor with the same name, causing decades of database confusion. The 'other' William Holden was a stage veteran who died in 1937.
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