Acting
Thelma Todd's double-role hustle before her tragic end.
Production
Depression-era efficiency: whole mystery in an hour.
Director
Joseph Levering
Thelma Todd
Anne Merrick / Elaine Manners
Ralf Harolde
Lawson Rolt
Inez Courtney
Polly
Mae Busch
Mrs. Jennie Carter
Earl McCarthy
Gilbert Frayle
William Humphrey
Jim - City Editor
Dorothy Gulliver
Lita
Brooks Benedict
Jim Carter
Eddie Fetherston
Mitch
Harry Bernard
Tenement Neighbor
Bobby Burns
Tenement Neighbor
Gordon De Main
Policeman
Edna Murphy
Undetermined Secondary Role
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Thelma Todd died mysteriously in 1935 from carbon monoxide poisoning; her death was ruled accidental but conspiracy theories persist.
Pre-Code Hollywood allowed 'fallen women' to win—this film's sympathetic treatment of a jailed woman would be censored after 1934.
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