The Strip-Tease Murder Case
Cast & Crew
Hugh Prince
Dennis Harrison
Janie Ford
Al Sanford
Monroe Seton
Chick Boyer
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
At the Runway Club, a burlesque house on New York's disreputable 52nd Street, Joan Castle and her boyfriend Johnny, both singers at the club, argue about her association with mobster Vince Armstrong. Joan implores Johnny to trust her, but when Vince arrives at the club and tells him there should be no hard feelings between them just because they like the same girl, Johnny's jealousy gets the better of him. While Vince is watching one of the club's many strip-tease acts, Johnny goes backstage and asks Joan what is going on between her and Vince, and she reluctantly tells him that Vince is blackmailing her brother. After borrowing something from the club's comic, Johnny finds Joan struggling with Vince in the kitchen and intervenes. Later, in Joan's dressing room, the comic comes in to announce that Vince was stabbed to death in the kitchen. While a police lieutenant questions them, the comic mentions that he had let Johnny borrow his scout knife. The lieutenant then produces an IOU from Joan's brother, Frank, who had borrowed $500 from Vince. He explains that Frank had violated his parole by consorting with a known criminal like Vince, and that Vince was threatening to send Frank back to jail if Joan refused to see him. The lieutenant then receives a phone call informing him that Vince's killer just walked into police headquarters and confessed. It is revealed that Vince was killed by a cook at the club, a desperate drug addict who did not have enough money to buy a fix from Vince, and that the man turned himself in just to get a shot from the prison doctor. With his name cleared, Johnny looks forward to a life with Joan.
Director
Hugh Prince
Cast
Dennis Harrison
Janie Ford
Al Sanford
Monroe Seton
Chick Boyer
Denise Darnell
Lynn Sherwood
Eunice Jason
Naomi
Alverta
Jack Gleason
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
Although there is a copyright statement on the film, it is not included in copyright records. The opening credits read "Written and directed by Hugh Prince." Prince is also credited with writing the songs performed in the film, but their titles have not been determined. The national release date has not been determined, but the film was submitted to NYSA for approval on June 8, 1950. According to the The Exhibitor review, portions of the film were shot on location in a New York nightclub. The review also pointed out that the film's running time was likely to vary in different states.
