Protection
(1929)
★ 10 IMDb · 1 votes
Year: 1929
Runtime: 62 мин
Country: United States of America
Director: Benjamin Stoloff
Cast: Dorothy Burgess, Robert Elliott, Paul Page, Dorothy Ward, Roy Stewart, William H. Tooker, Arthur Hoyt, Ben Hewlett, Joe Brown
Plot
During the height of Prohibition courageous reporter Chick Slater and determined "sob sister" journalist Myrtle Hines uncover a dangerous bootlegging and extortion ring operating in their city. As they dig into the corruption, they get swept into a web of racketeers, mob violence, and romantic complications. The film explores the power of the press as the journalists risk everything to expose the criminal underworld.