Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.
Acting
Joan Woodbury's razor-sharp pivot from victim to mastermind.
Writing
Ridiculously efficient plotting—three acts in an hour flat.
Director
Phil Rosen
Joan Woodbury
Rita Adams
Jack La Rue
Mickey Roman
Linda Ware
Donna Andrews
John Archer
Bob Elliott
Vince Barnett
Scribbler, a Petty Forger
Alan Ladd
Jimmy Kelly aka Bill Dugan
Gavin Gordon
Kurt Parrish
Phillip Trent
Harold DeWitt
William Halligan
Police Chief Flynn
George Pembroke
Clarence DeWitt
Selmer Jackson
District Attorney
Kenneth Harlan
Jim Adams
Bryant Washburn
Attorney Bruce King
Stephen Chase
Detective Joe Kent
Robert Strange
Lou Wood
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released as 'Gangs Inc.' but also circulated under 'Paper Bullets' and 'The Crooked Way'—studios loved confusing audiences.
This Poverty Row quickie was shot in roughly a week for Producers Releasing Corporation, the 'poor man's MGM' that kept 1940s B-picture dreams alive.
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