Sleepers East
1934, English. Directed by Kenneth MacKenna.
FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 9m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- English
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Cast & crew
- Kenneth MacKennaDirector
- Wynne GibsonLena Karelson
- Preston FosterJason Everett
- Mona BarrieAda Robillard
- Harvey StephensMartin Knox
- Roger ImhofMacGowan
- J. Carrol NaishCarl Izzard
- Suzanne KaarenDixie
- Howard LallyJack Wentworth
- Joseph CrehanConductor (uncredited)
- Marianne EdwardsBaby (uncredited)
- Francis FordWell-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
- Douglas FowleyGangster (uncredited)
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1934
- Country
- United States of America
- Written by
- Lester Cole
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Who directed Sleepers East?
Sleepers East (1934) was directed by Kenneth MacKenna and stars Wynne Gibson, Preston Foster, Mona Barrie.