Sleepers East (1934)

Sleepers East (1934)

FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance! 1934-01-01 United States of America 69 Min. PG-13
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Overview

No good deed goes unpunished for Lena Karelson (Wynne Gibson), hooker with a heart of gold trying to go straight in the big city. Covering a bachelor party for a friend in need, Lena winds up at a gambling house where she is the sole witness when Mayor Wentworth's drunken lout of a son shoots the owner. Wentworth's political machine wants Lena to falsely incriminate mob boss Callahan to bolster their re-election campaign. Callahan's mouthpiece nabs Lena first, conveying her stealthily by train from Toledo to New York to prevent her from testifying against the big boss. A midnight special smash-up, a tense courtroom finale and true love triumphant round out this typical Fox pre-Code programmer, released just before the Legion of Decency dropped the hammer in 1934.

Cast

Wynne Gibson is Lena Karelson
Lena Karelson
Preston Foster is Jason Everett
Jason Everett
Mona Barrie is Ada Robillard
Ada Robillard
Harvey Stephens is Martin Knox
Martin Knox
Roger Imhof is MacGowan
MacGowan
J. Carrol Naish is Carl Izzard
Carl Izzard
Howard Lally is Jack Wentworth
Jack Wentworth
Joseph Crehan is Conductor (uncredited)
Conductor (uncredited)
Marianne Edwards is Baby (uncredited)
Baby (uncredited)
Francis Ford is Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Douglas Fowley is Gangster (uncredited)
Gangster (uncredited)