Mary Martin (Loretta Young) is called "Midnight Mary". She is casually resigned to her fate as the jury goes to deliberate in her trial. She recounts her descent into the city underworld from losing her mother in childhood poverty to petty crimes to connecting with gangsters and finally to the crime for which she is being prosecuted.
This is a pre-Code crime drama. It's a compelling story although I am not a big fan of the flashback structure of the story telling. Loretta Young is terrific in this. This is Once Upon a Time in Crime Land. It's melodramatic. It's gritty. It's pre-Code goodness.
This is a pre-Code crime drama. It's a compelling story although I am not a big fan of the flashback structure of the story telling. Loretta Young is terrific in this. This is Once Upon a Time in Crime Land. It's melodramatic. It's gritty. It's pre-Code goodness.