An expose of the baby-profiteering racket as told through the story of an unwed-mother. whose family and friends start an investigation as to the whereabouts of her baby. This leads to and through an organized gang led by a society matron. The girl is found dead and while it looks like a suicide, the girl's sister and a newspaper reporter think it is murder.
| Release Date: | Oct 1949 |
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| Genre: | Romance / Film-Noir / Drama / Crime |
| Cast: | Dennis O'Keefe (Mark Sitko), Gale Storm (Paula Considine), Marjorie Rambeau (Mrs. Leona Donner), Raymond Burr (Kerric), Will Kuluva (Little Guy Decola), Jeff Chandler (Chief MacRae), Meg Randall (Dottie Jensen), Jeanette Nolan (Major Ross), David Clarke (Harry, Mrs. Donner's Chauffeur), Mike Mazurki (Hoppe), Sid Tomack (Humes, missing persons office clerk), Ruth Sanderson (Mrs. Spence), William Frambes (Scoop, cub reporter (as William Page)), Perc Launders (Detective Dowd), Steve Darrell (Detective Brenn), Clifton Young (Eddie, the bartender), Frank Cady (Nolan, city editor (uncredited)), Marcella Cisney (Nurse at Meeting (uncredited)), Edward Clark (Clerk, Coroner's Office (uncredited)), Bert Conway (Delaney the Bondsman (uncredited)), Sally Corner (Head Nurse Tripp (uncredited)), Mary George (Nurse at Meeting (uncredited)), Beatrice Gray (Nurse in Dottie's Room (uncredited)), Billy Gray (Tough Kid in Park (uncredited)), Bruce Hamilton (Doc Tilson, the Masseur (uncredited)), Jerry Hausner (Hospital Orderly (uncredited)), Charles Jordan (Charlie, newspaper 'morgue' clerk...), Edwin Max (Morrie the Bookie (uncredited)), Francis McDonald (Winey, a Pool Player (uncredited)), Howard M. Mitchell (Judge (uncredited)), Virginia Mullen (Nurse Sully (uncredited)), Franklin Parker (Second plainclothes man (uncredited)), Maudie Prickett (Nurse Ferris (uncredited)), Felice Richmond (Hotel Operator (uncredited)), Dick Ryan (Third Plainclothes man (uncredited)), Earl Smith (Shoeshine Sammy (uncredited)), Brick Sullivan (Detective (uncredited)), William Tannen (Taxi Driver (uncredited)), Katherine Warren (Mrs. Humes (uncredited)), Stuart Wilson (First Plainclothes man (uncredited)), Isabel Withers (Mrs. Humes (uncredited)) |