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Why Girls Leave Home (1945) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1945 · 69 mins · English
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- Directed by
- William Berke
- Starring
- Elisha Cook Jr., Paul Guilfoyle, Sheldon Leonard, Walter Baldwin, Virginia Brissac, Lola Lane
A young woman escapes an unhappy home to pursue a career as a night‑club singer, only to become entangled with the mob that runs the venue. When she learns too much, her boss arranges her murder and stages it as suicide. A determined reporter refuses to accept the story and brings the truth to light.
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