Sin's Pay Day is a 1932 American pre-Code crime film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Lloyd Whitlock, Dorothy Revier and Mickey Rooney.[1] It was produced on Poverty Row as a second feature.[2] It was later reissued under the alternative title Slums of New York with advertising material devoting greater attention to child actor Rooney, who had since emerged as a star at MGM.

Sin's Pay Day
Poster using the films alternative title
Directed byGeorge B. Seitz
Written byBetty Burbridge
Gene Morgan
Produced byRalph M. Like
Cliff P. Broughton
StarringLloyd Whitlock
Dorothy Revier
Mickey Rooney
CinematographyJules Cronjager
Edited byByron Robinson
Production
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Distributed byMayfair Pictures
Release date
  • March 1, 1932 (1932-03-01)
Running time
61 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

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Attorney Robert Webb makes a good living as a defense lawyer for gangsters. This disgusts his wife, who leaves him and goes to set up a charitable clinic. After getting a notorious mob leader acquitted on a technicality, Webb develops a conscience and turns to alcohol letting his practice collapse. Living on the streets, he is befriended by a boy who helps him gain his self-respect. When the boy is then killed by a bullet fired from a gangster's gun, Webb goes undercover to pose as a defense lawyer once more while secretly recording the incriminating conversation, which he turns over to the police. A reformed man, he and his wife reconcile.

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References

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  1. ^ Hal Erickson (2012). "Sin's Pay Day review". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Baseline & All Movie Guide. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved June 25, 2011.
  2. ^ Pitts p.242

Bibliography

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  • Pitts, Michael R. Poverty Row Studios, 1929–1940: An Illustrated History of 55 Independent Film Companies, with a Filmography for Each. McFarland & Company, 2005.
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