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Confessions of a Vice Baron (1943)

Confessions of a Vice Baron poster
Directed by
S. Roy Luby, Melville Shyer
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
59 min
Rated
NR
Rating
4.7 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man recalls his past crimes and immoral acts through a series of flashbacks. Each memory shows a different vice that he profited from.

datedmelodramaticgrittyexploitativeepisodicsensationalmoralisticlow-budget

What happens

Confessions of a Vice Baron is a 1943 American crime film directed by S. Roy Luby, William A. O'Connor, Melville Shyer, and Herman E. Webber. The film was created using edited footage for the flashback scenes from Mad Youth (1940), The Wages of Sin (1938), Smashing the Vice Trust (1937), Race Suicide (1937), and The Pace That Kills (1935). Willy Castello appeared in each of these films except for The Pace That Kills. The film is also known as Skid Row (American reissue title). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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