A wealthy but neurotic Southern belle finds herself trapped in the hideout of a gang of vicious bootleggers. The gang's leader lusts after her, and is determined not to let anything stand in the way of his having her.

Should you watch this? If you like movies that make your skin crawl in a 1933 kind of way, go for it. If you want something light or easy, absolutely not. This one is for the people who dig those weird, dark Pre-Code films that the censors would have shredded a few years later. Miriam Hopkins is incredible here. She s...


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"Should you watch this? If you like movies that make your skin crawl in a 1933 kind of way, go for it. If you want something light or easy, absolutely not. This one is for the people who dig those weird, dark Pre-Code films that the censors would have shredded a few years later. Miriam Hopkins is incredible here. She starts off as this vapid, annoying socialite and slowly descends into something much more fragile. It’s hard to watch, honestly. There is this one scene in the hideout where the lig..."
Oliver H.P. Garrett, Maurine Dallas Watkins, William Faulkner
United States
Drama, Crime

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