If you had to be bad...could you make good?
A young woman impulsively marries a young playwright who whisks her away to New York promises her a role in his next production. Unfortunately the production is a disaster and her husband proclaims her unfit for the role. Rather then return home in defeat, she stays in New York and accidentally gets involved with some vicious gangsters.
Sheila Kelly
The film's tagline is: "If you had to be bad...could you make good?"
The runtime is 72 minutes (1h 12m).
The film was directed by William A. Seiter.
The screenplay was written by Thomas J. Geraghty and Frederic Hatton.
Cinematography was handled by Alvin Knechtel.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0020471.
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Synthetic Sin
Released
English
United States of America
