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The Lawless Woman

The Lawless Woman

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 5, 1931

Runtime

1h 3m

Genres

Crime, Drama

Original Title

The Lawless Woman

Production Companies

Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation (I)

Director

Richard Thorpe

Description

Dancer June Page is charged with the murder of gangster "Honest Ed" Baker. Allan Perry, an ambitious journalist at the dawn of his career, seeks at all costs to cover the case to obtain exclusivity and impress his hierarchy. He falls in love with the young woman, but Ed Baker's former friends, determined to take revenge, have not said their last word ...