Street of Missing Men (1939)
Directed by Sidney Salkow
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Release Date - Apr 24, 1939 (USA - Unknown), Apr 24, 1939 (USA) |
Run Time - 63 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Sad-eyed Ann Dvorak plays Jo, the "café hostess" of the title. Poor put-upon Jo doesn't know it, but she's being used by her gangster boyfriend Eddie Morgan (Douglas Fowley), who relies upon her as an alibi to cover up his recent crimes. Likeable sailor Budge (Bruce Bennett) is in love with Jo, but can't pry her loose from the possessive Mr. Morgan. This dilemma is resolved by Eddie's cast-off mistress Annie (Wynne Gibson), who resolves her problems with the business end of a revolver. It's up to detective Dan Walters (Preston Foster) to clean up the mess. Café Hostess was also released as Street of Missing Women.
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change-of-heart, conviction, criminal, editor, employment, enemy, escape, ex-convict, friendship, happiness, host, newspaper, organized-crime, prison, rackets [corruption], release, revenge, search, struggle, stars [celebrities]