Escort Girl (1941)

电影

(256)

国家/地区: 美国
类型: 犯罪, 剧情
上映日期: 1941-11-04
导演: Edward Kaye
编剧: David Halperin , Ann Halperin
语言: French | English
演员: Betty Compson , Margaret Marquis , Robert Kellard , Wheeler Oakman , Guy Kingsford , Isabel La Mal , Arthur Housman (1889–1942) , Rick Vallin , Mary Daily , Kathryn Keys
片长: 68 分钟
奖项: N/A
又名: Mariposas nocturnas (墨西哥) , Escort Girl (英国) , Escort Girl , Escort Girl (美国)
剧情简介: Ruth Ashley (Betty Compson) and oily Gregory Stone (Wheeler Oakman) operate the Hollywood Escort Bureau. Ruth was a former escort girl but has worked up way up through the ranks and is now a partner in the business. Ruth's earnings have provided the funds to send her beautiful daughter, June (Margaret Marquis), to the most exclusive schools. June is not aware they her ever-loving mother is engaged in the nefarious business of supplying call-girls to lonely men. June comes home and announces she is engaged to marry Drake Hamilton (Robert Kellard), who is a special investigator for the district attorney. Drake is a good investigator and soon learns that his mother-in-law to be is running an escort bureau. He makes her promise to give up the business and promises not to tell June. But Gregory fears Drake will put an end to his operation. Drake, working undercover, calls the bureau for a date to be sent over so he can get the goods on the bureau. But scheming Gregory, giving her another reason, has June go to Drake's undercover apartment. Drake is a bit put out to discover that his fiancée is an escort girl and she is having a hard time convincing him she isn't. Then Mama Ruth shows up, and crafty Gregory shows up and two of the four people in the room end up dead.
IMDB:tt0125737