Lady Gangster (1942)
Genre : Crime, Drama
Runtime : 1H 2M
Director : Robert Florey
Writer : Anthony Coldeway
Synopsis
An actress gets involved with a criminal gang and winds up taking the rap for a $40,000 robbery. Before being sent to prison, she steals the money from her partners and hides it, she is thinking to use it as a bargaining chip to be released from prison. However, her former partners don't have the same ideas.
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※ Only the first 32 minutes of the film currently exist today. The plot summary has been added in the form of title cards to aid the viewing experience.
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