GIRLS IN CHAINS-1943-Arline Judge (with a weird too big hair-do) is the sister in law of gangster Johnny Moon (Allen Byron) who has a hard time keeping a job because of this connection. She winds up being a psychologist at a girls reform school. A policeman (Roger Clark) investigates the corruption at the school and tries to nail Moon.
This movie is badly made despite being helmed by the great Edgar Ulmer who usually managed to inject surprising scenes into his low budget output (he made DETOUR in ‘45). I think he must have edited it on his lunch hour from another film! There’s a real surprising lapse of continuity involving Sid Melton (as Moon’s henchman). Emmett Lynn portrays a timid guy who becomes a drunk and helps out in the end. Barbara Pepper (later Mrs. Ziffel on TV's GREEN ACRES) plays an inmate.
Star Judge spend most of her career in low budget films and was more well known for having been married 8 times! Her last film appearance was in the horror quickie THE CRAWLING HAND. She died in 1974.
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