A dark, gripping tale of the black-market baby trade set in a London boarding house. Jackson is the landlady who pretends to be righteous, but really is the wicked cornerstone of the illegal operation. Ray, the pregnant mistress of a condemned killer, checks into the boarding house in an
attempt to avoid harmful publicity. She soon receives the usual horrendous treatment by Jackson but fails to make public her abuse. The young mother-to-be is befriended by Maxwell, a boarder who loses her baby when Jackson refuses to phone a doctor. When the landlady's evil ways can no longer be
ignored, a fellow worker, Hope, informs the police. Before they arrive, however, Ray is...
Released:
1952
Rated:
NR
Length:
89 mins