City Without Men(1943)
Women fighting for their men, and their right to love them!
A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.
Movie: City Without Men
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Nancy Johnson
Judge Michael T. Mallory
Tom Adams
Mrs. Maria Barton
Billie LaRue
Gwen
Winnie
Dora
Monk LaRue
Mrs. Slade
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A young woman's husband has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit. In order to be near him to try to help him get his sentence overturned, she moves into a boardinghouse near the prison whose residents are the wives of inmates.
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1943-01-14
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Women fighting for their men, and their right to love them!
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