Slaves in Bondage (1937)

Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives they were planning to take her to the Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Jim ... See full summary »

Director:

Elmer Clifton

Writer:

Robert Dillon (original screenplay)

Stars:

Lona Andre, Donald Reed, Wheeler Oakman

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Lona Andre	...	Dona Lee
Donald Reed	...	Phillip Miller
Wheeler Oakman	...	Jim Murray
Florence Dudley	...	Belle Harris
John Merton	...	Nick Costello
Richard Cramer	...	Dutch Hendricks
William Royle	...	Newspaper City Editor (as William Royale)
Edward Peil Sr.	...	Detective Captain
Louise Small	...	Mary Lou Smith
Matty Roubert	...	Good-Looking Freddie
Suzanna Kim	...	Exotic Dancer (as Princess Suzanna Kim)

Storyline

Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring. She tells the Chief of Detectives they were planning to take her to the Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Jim Murray and beautician Belle Harris are using her beauty shop to recruit floozies for their road house circuit. Dona Lee, who works at the beauty salon, is falling in love with young reporter wanna-be Phillip, but Murray gets jealous and makes life rough for him. Meanwhile Dona begins to figure out the racket, but becomes threatened by Murray's unwanted advances.

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Plot Keywords:

reporter | prostitution | escape | newspaper | newspaper reporter | 

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Taglines:

Society Beauties by Day! Party Girls by Night!

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Genres:

Crime | Drama

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 July 1937 (USA)

Also Known As:

Crusade Against Rackets

Filming Locations:

USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jay-Dee-Kay Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma - 20 January 1939: Investigation of Slaves in Bondage, showing at the Rialoto Theatre here has been ordered by City Manager W. A. Quinn after many complaints were launched against the film advertised as exposing the "private life of a party girl". Investigation is ordered to include the picture itself and the street advertising.

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Connections

Edited into Sleazemania Strikes Back (1985)

User Reviews

Oddly, for an exploitation film, this is very dull

A while back, I bought a multi-pack of exploitation films (oddly misnamed "cult films") and this was one of twenty films in the set. However, unlike most of the other films, this one just wasn't very interesting and really bored me. The production values were a bit higher, but it still was a very bad film--just not bad enough to be funny or memorable.

This movie is about the "white slavery" problem--women being forced into prostitution and other vices by evil mobs. The film begins with a sweet young lady being kidnapped but ultimately escaping from these thugs. Much of the rest of the film concerned tracking down the jerks and prosecuting them, but despite being very salacious in nature, the film was so very dull and poorly acted it was a real chore to finish.

Barely watchable--and that's the BEST thing I can say about this one.