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Port of Missing Girls
Port of Missing Girls

Port of Missing Girls

Bright lights and big city thrills are a temptation to resist...when the price a girl must pay is too high!

Genres

Drama

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Nightclub singer Della Mason witnesses a murder and is forced by the killer to flee with him from the scene of the crime. Escaping from the gangster, she secretly boards the ship of Captain Josiah Storm, a woman-hater, and the ship sails from San Francisco headed for China. Della is discovered by Jim Benton, the ship's first mate and he pleads her case to the captain. He leaves her in under the protection of Minnie at "Minnie's Joint in Shanghai, until her innocence can be established.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

65 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

24 February 1938

Country

United States of America

Cast

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Captain Josiah Storm

Judith Allen

Judith Allen

Della Mason

Milburn Stone

Milburn Stone

Jim Benton

Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Chicago

Matty Fain

Matty Fain

Duke Ransom

George Cleveland

George Cleveland

Clinton

Jane Jones

Jane Jones

Minnie

Willy Castello

Willy Castello

Manuel

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