Allotment Wives
1945 · Movie · 80 min. · United States
Sheila Seymour, a sleek and stylish society gal who in reality is the head of a noxious crime syndicate that preys mercilessly on returning World War II servicemen. They zero in on impressionable and lonely vets and before long they're engaged to one of Sheila's "girls." After pocketing the GI's allotment pay, the gals are soon on their way to their next mark, leaving a trail of devastated saps strewn along the post-war landscape. Things become emotionally complicated when Sheila's beautiful young daughter Corrine (Teala Loring) arrives home from her swanky boarding school (she's been oblivious to Mom's business dealings) and slowly begins to unravel the sordid details of her mother's dreadful criminal activities. Also in the cast are the wonderfully creepy Otto Kruger as Francis' odious partner in crime, the equally creepy Paul Kelly as a military investigator and the always menacing Gertrude Michael as one of Francis' old racket rivals who's out for a little revenge.
Direction William Nigh
Cast Kay Francis · Paul Kelly · Otto Kruger · Gertrude Michael · Teala Loring · Bernard Nedell · Anthony Warde · Matty Fain · Jonathan Hale · Selmer Jackson · Terry Frost · Reid Kilpatrick · Doris Lloyd · Marcelle Corday · Evelyn Eaton
Soundtrack Edward J. Kay
Screenplay Harvey Gates · Sidney Sutherland
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Original title Allotment Wives
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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