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An unscrupulous woman and her brood prey on soldiers and sailors in an embarkation city. full summary | add synopsis
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Low budget B-film is a curious piece of work...
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(Complete credited cast) | Edward Arnold | ... | Lt. Lorrgan |
| Selena Royle | ... | 'Ma' Abby Dibson |
| Tom Trout | ... | Lefty Dibson |
| Audrey Totter | ... | Jessie Belle Dibson |
| Dan Duryea | ... | Posey Dibson |
 | Hume Cronyn | ... | Keller (pawnbroker) |
| Dorothy Morris | ... | Rosalie Dibson (as Dorothy Ruth Morris) |
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57 min
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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USA:Approved (PCA #10530)
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MGM usually produced smoother B-films than MAIN STREET AFTER DARK, a curious item that starts out as a small-town study of crime, turns into a family melodrama about a bunch of pick-pockets and thieves, and then turns deadly serious when a murder is committed and the "crime doesn't pay" theme is attached to the unhappy ending.
SELENA ROYLE is the tough head of a crime family (in the sort of role you'd expect to find Shelley Winters) with TOM TROUT and DAN DURYEA as her criminal sons and AUDREY TOTTER as her wise-cracking daughter-in-law. The story involves girls who prey on soldiers and sailors to steal their wallets and anything else for financial gain so the profits can be turned over to the local pawnbroker (HUME CRONYN).
It's rather slow going even for a film that lasts just under an hour and leads to an obvious "crime doesn't pay" sort of conclusion.
The treatment is dated and heavy-handed with EDWARD ARNOLD in one of his least convincing roles as a detective committed to solving the series of petty crimes that eventually lead to a murder.
Summing up: You'll find the cast interesting but the plot is strictly by the numbers.