When a guilty coworker plants stolen goods in her locker, innocent store clerk Hussey is accused of the crime and sent to prison, even though Neal, the son of store owner Hinds, knows of her innocence. The embittered Hussey spends her three years in prison studying law, finding unethical
ways of making money through legal loopholes without risking conviction. Released after three years, the vengeful Hussey puts her studies to work for her while simultaneously vamping Neal. She finds, at the picture's conclusion, that even near-crime doesn't pay. This is the fourth version of
Veiller's 1912 Broadway hit. Two silents appeared in 1917 and 1923 and a sound version, PAI...
Released:
1939
Rated:
NR
Length:
65 mins