The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s. The story centers upon an intrepid health commissioner who is out to get rid of the tawdry hookers responsible for spreading the disease.
Cast
Leon Ames
Dr. Edward Cavanaugh
Luana Walters
Sandra James
Pamela Blake
Betty James
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Bill Thorne
Guy Usher
J.J. James
Bodil Rosing
Ma James
John Gallaudet
Townsend
Henry Roquemore
Mayor
Frank Jaquet
Dr. Henry Hobson
Tristram Coffin
Maj. Raleigh
Lee Shumway
J.C. Jarvis
William Gould
District Attorney Benton
J. Arthur Young
Judge Prescott
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