Why Girls Leave Home

Why Girls Leave Home

69 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | Oct. 9, 1945

In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.

Why Girls Leave Home

69 mins | Drama, Crime, Music | Oct. 9, 1945

Why Girls Leave Home
In this crime drama, a young woman leaves her unhappy life at home to become a sophisticated night club singer. Her first job is nearly fatal when she entangles herself with the mobsters who own the joint and learns too much about their operation. Her boss decides to kill her and make it look like suicide. An intrepid reporter disbelieves the report and exposes the truth to the public.
Producers Producers Releasing Corporation (PRC)
Original title Why Girls Leave Home
Directors William A. Calihan Jr., William Berke
Writers Fanya Foss, Bradford Ropes

Cast

Lola Lane

as Irene Mitchell

Sheldon Leonard

as Chris Williams

Pamela Blake

as Diana Leslie

Elisha Cook Jr.

as Jimmy Lobo

Paul Guilfoyle

as Steve Raymond

Claudia Drake

as Marianna Mason

Virginia Brissac

as Mrs. Leslie

Thomas E. Jackson

as Police Captain Reilly

Evelyn Eaton

as Alice

Peggy Lou Bianco

as Peggy Leslie

Fred Kohler Jr.

as Ted Leslie

Walter Baldwin

as Wilbur Harris

Robert Emmett Keane

as Ed Blake

Rex Lease

as Tony - Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)