Sleepers East (1934)

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.

Directing:
  • Kenneth MacKenna

Writing:
  • Lester Cole
  • Frederick Nebel

Stars:
Release Date: 1934-01-01
  • Country: US
  • Language: English
  • Runtime: 69

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Douglas Fowley
Douglas Fowle...
Gangster (uncredited)
Joseph Crehan
Joseph Crehan
Conductor (uncredited)
Harvey Stephens
Harvey Stephe...
Martin Knox
Preston Foster
Preston Foste...
Jason Everett
Francis Ford
Francis Ford
Well-Wisher at Train Station (uncredited)
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
Fred 'Snowfla...
Porter (uncredited)
Wynne Gibson
Wynne Gibson
Lena Karelson
Mona Barrie
Mona Barrie
Ada Robillard
Roger Imhof
Roger Imhof
MacGowan
J. Carrol Naish
J. Carrol Nai...
Carl Izzard
Suzanne Kaaren
Suzanne Kaare...
Dixie
Marianne Edwards
Marianne Edwa...
Baby (uncredited)
Morgan Wallace
Morgan Wallac...
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
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