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1933 · 71 mins · English
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Directed by
Stephen Roberts
Starring
John Carradine, Jack La Rue, William Collier Jr., Elizabeth Patterson, Miriam Hopkins, Harold Goodwin

After being left stranded at a bootleggers’ hide‑out, the coquettish granddaughter of a respected small‑town judge endures a horrific act of sexual violence. She is drawn deep into a ruthless criminal underworld that threatens to consume her, leaving her convinced she can never face the world again.

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