Slaves in
Bondage
(Crusade Against the Rackets)
(USA, 1937)
Crime/Drama,
70 min, b/w
- Directed by:
Elmer Clifton
- Cast:
Lona Andre, Donald Reed, Wheeler Oakman
It's not a
comedy, but this early exploitation film is about high society girls who fall
prey to nightlives full of sin, scandal and... spankings.
Mary Lou manages to escape abduction by a prostitution ring.
She tells the Chief of Detectives they were planning to take her to the
Berrywood road house, a well-known den of iniquity. Jim Murray and beautician
Belle Harris are using her beauty shop to recruit floozies for their road
house circuit. Dona Lee, who works at the beauty salon, is falling in love
with young reporter wanna-be Phillip, but Murray gets jealous and makes life
rough for him. Meanwhile Dona begins to figure out the racket, but becomes
threatened by Murray's unwanted advances.
In
the room, two women are having fun spanking each other, first one - then the
other. Then, one of them turn the other down on her stomach - and laughingly
gives her eleven smacks to the soft seat of her small panties. "Now it's my
turn," says the 'spanked' woman, and then the other woman lies down on her
stomach and starts getting two slaps, before the action stops.
Cast
Lona Andre.... Dona Lee
Donald Reed.... Phillip Miller
Wheeler Oakman.... Jim Murray
Florence Dudley.... Belle Harris
John Merton.... Nick Costello
Richard Cramer.... Dutch Hendricks
William Royle.... Editor (as William Royale)
Edward Peil Sr..... Chief of Detectives
Louise Small.... Mary Lou Smith
Matty Roubert.... Good Looking Eddie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ed Carey.... Detective
Martha Chapin.... Lillian
Donald Kerr.... Drunk club customer
Suzanna Kim.... Fan dancer
Eddie Laughton.... Sam Ward
Murdock MacQuarrie.... Gambler
Carl Mathews.... Waiter
Fred Parker.... Gambler
Henry Roquemore.... Drunk club customer
Arthur Thalasso.... Dispatcher
Directed by
Elmer Clifton
Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Robert Dillon original screenplay (as Robert A. Dillon)
Produced by
J.D. Kendis.... producer
Cinematography by
Edward Linden (as Eddie Linden)
Film Editing by
Earl Turner
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Melville De Lay.... assistant director (as Mell DeLay)
Sound Department
Corson Jowett.... sound recordist
Stunts
Carl Mathews.... stunts
Production Companies
Roadshow Attractions Inc. [us]
Jay-Dee-Kay Productions [us]
Distributors
Roadshow Attractions Inc. [us] (USA) (theatrical)
Sinister Cinema [us] (USA) (VHS)
Sinister Cinema [us] (USA) (DVD-R)
Alpha Video Distributors Inc. [us] (2003) (USA) (DVD)
Alpha Video Distributors Inc. [us] (2003) (USA) (VHS)
Also Known As:
Crusade Against the Rackets
Runtime: 70 min
Country: USA
Language: English
Color: Black and White
Sound Mix: Mono