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!
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.

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Cast

Wynne Gibson Wynne Gibson As: Lena Karelson
Preston Foster Preston Foster As: Jason Everett
Mona Barrie Mona Barrie As: Ada Robillard
Harvey Stephens Harvey Stephens As: Martin Knox
Roger Imhof Roger Imhof As: MacGowan
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Storyline

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.


Tagline: FIND THIS WOMAN! Hold her for the police! For her lips hold the fate of six people! Murder! Suspense! Mystery! Intrigue! Romance!
Certification: Unknown

Details

Genres: Comedy, Crime, Mystery

Language: English

Release Date: 01 January 1934

Country: US

Runtime: 69m

Company Credits

Company: Fox Film Corporation

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Cast

Wynne Gibson

Wynne Gibson

Lena Karelson

Preston Foster

Preston Foster

Jason Everett

Mona Barrie

Mona Barrie

Ada Robillard

Harvey Stephens

Harvey Stephens

Martin Knox

Roger Imhof

Roger Imhof

MacGowan

J. Carrol Naish

J. Carrol Naish

Carl Izzard

Suzanne Kaaren

Suzanne Kaaren

Dixie

Howard Lally

Howard Lally

Jack Wentworth

Joseph Crehan

Joseph Crehan

Conductor (uncredited)

Marianne Edwards

Marianne Edwards

Baby (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Francis Ford

Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)

Douglas Fowley

Douglas Fowley

Gangster (uncredited)

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Fred 'Snowflake' Toones

Porter (uncredited)

Morgan Wallace

Morgan Wallace

Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)

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Sound

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Visual Effects

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Camera

Ernest Palmer

Ernest Palmer

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

Duncan Cramer

Duncan Cramer

Production Design

Other Crew

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