Slaves in Bondage (1937)

A crime drama with an exploitation edge about young girls dragged into prostitution. When Mary Lou (Louise Small) manages to escape her would be captors taking her to the Berrywood brothel the police and (naturally) the local newspaper now begin the campaign to bring down the gang led by Jim Murray (Wheeler Oakman) and their sordid game.

So it sounds a decent plot but things get bogged down by a side-plot involving Mary Lou's sister Dona Lee (Lona Andre) and her reporter boyfriend Phil (Donald Reed). She gets a job as a beautician at a parlour run by Murray who then tries to bring down Phil to break him and Dona up so he can have Dona for himself.

Unfortunately the film is a bit dull. It is watchable but considering the juicy nature of the plot it is surprisingly a bit of a yawn.