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Title: Ladies of the Mob

Date: 1928

Distributor: Paramount Famous Lasky Corp.

Director: William Wellman

Cast: Clara Bow, Richard Arlen, Helen Lynch, Mary Alden, Carl Gerrard, Bodil Rosing, Lorraine Rivero, James Pierce William Wellman

Summary: Yvonne’s father was electrocuted when she was young and her mother raises her to be a criminal and to avenge her father’s death. Yvonne loves Red, her partner in crime, and fears that jail and/or the electric chair will separate them. When her attempts to reform him fail, she shoots him in the shoulder to prevent him from taking part in a robbery. They surrender to make amends for their crimes and to start a new life.

Notes: The actors sustained minor injuries from the ricocheting real bullets used during the making of the film