Summary
From the grimy, unforgiving underbelly of urban squalor emerges a young woman, a spectral figure forced by circumstance into the shadowed vocation of petty larceny. Her existence, a stark tableau of desperation, is abruptly upended when a brazen act of thievery — the pilfering of a society matron's opulent necklace — propels her into a precarious flight. Seeking refuge from the immediate consequences of her transgression, she inadvertently stumbles into the seemingly safe haven of a stranger's dwelling. Yet, fate, with its characteristic penchant for cruel irony, reveals the man of the house to be none other than the spurned former fiancé of the very socialite whose jewels now weigh heavily in the girl's possession. This entanglement sets the stage for a simmering drama, intertwining the stark realities of class disparity with the intricate, often painful, threads of past romantic disillusionment, all under the looming shadow of a stolen bauble.
Synopsis
A slum girl is forced to steal for a living. After she swipes a rich society's matron's necklace, she hides out at the home of a man who turns out to be the socialite's former fiance.
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