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The Wages of Sin (1938) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1938 · 77 mins · English
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- Directed by
- Herman E. Webber
- Starring
- Carleton Young, Clara Kimball Young, Kenneth Harlan, Bryant Washburn, Willy Castello, Rose Plumer
A diligent woman struggles to provide for her family while enduring a low‑paying, menial job. When she becomes entangled with a dubious lover, she is gradually coerced into working as a prostitute in a bordello, forcing her to confront a grim descent into exploitation.
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