22 Jun 1940
Gambling on the High Seas
A reporter enlists the help of a gangster's secretary to obtain evidence to bring her boss to justice.
Illegal
This is the story of a woman who kicks out her no-good second husband after he wastes all her money. Since gambling and drink had taken all her money, she decides to use the money from a windfall to open an illegal after hours night club and gambling parlor, in order to provide her two daughters with a high society education. Eventually she gets caught, and the daughters take over the night club and legitimize it. But the daughters have conflicts, and the no-good husband shows up to complicate matters.
Top Billed Cast
Isobel Elsom Mrs. Evelyn Dean
Ivor Barnard Albert
D.A. Clarke-Smith Franklyn Dean (as D.E. Clarke-Smith)
Margot Grahame Dorothy Turner
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