"WANT A DATE? SEE WHY MEN WHO PLAY MUST PAY!"
A pair of nightclub owners run a string of escort bureaus where men pay for the "companionship" of young women. The district attorney sends an undercover agent to infiltrate the bureaus.
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The people behind it
Betty Compson
Ruth Ashley
Margaret Marquis
June Ashley
Robert Kellard
Drake Hamilton (as Bob Kellard)
Wheeler Oakman
Gregory Stone
Guy Kingsford
Breeze Nolan
Isabel La Mal
Snuggles (as Isabel Lamal)
Arthur Housman
Al, the Drunk (as Arthur Houseman)
Rick Vallin
Jack (as Ric Vallon)
Virginia Davis
Blondie
Kathryn Keys
Rita (as Kathryn Keyes)
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