Confessions of a Vice Baron

(1943)

59 min.

Directed by S. Roy Luby, William A. O’Connor

Cast:  Willy Costello, Lloyd Ingraham

Exploitation

On the eve of his execution, a vice-rackets big shot recalls his various exploits in crimes such as abortion and white slavery, in which he frequently operated under an alias.

The ending is a close-up of the vice-baron lecturing directly to the audience with the last line being “crime doesn’t pay”.