25 Jan 1949
Shockproof
Jenny Marsh, recently released from prison for killing a man, finds herself under the watchful eye of her parole officer, Griff Marat, who helps her secure a job caring for his ailing mother.
The Hidden Way
The film tells the tale of three ex-cons who finally go straight, through the redemptive power of love. After rescuing Mary from certain death, the “three bad men” meet her saintly mother and stay on to help on their farm. In The Hidden Way, two of the ex-cons conspire to steal the family’s tiny nest egg, but through plot twists involving a medicinal spring, a wronged woman, a villainous Casanova, his avaricious father, and government inspectors (!), the pair eventually see their error and join the third in turning over a new leaf.
Top Billed Cast
Mary Carr Mother
Gloria Grey Mary
Tom Santschi Bill
Arthur Rankin Harry
Ned Sparks Mulligan
Jane Thomas The Woman
Billie Jeane Phelps The Child
Wilbur Mack Sid Atkins
William Ryno Samuel Atkins
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