No Greater Sin is a 1941 American drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Leon Ames, Luana Walters. and Pamela Blake.Schaefer p.196Fetrow p.343 It was released a few months before America's entry into World War II.
Synopsis A local health commissioner tries to stop the spread of syphilis in an American town.
Cast Leon Ames as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh Luana Walters as Sandra James Pamela Blake as Betty James Malcolm "Bud" McTaggart as Bill Thorne Guy Usher as J.J. "Pa" James Bodil Rosing as "Ma" James John Gallaudet as Townsend Henry Roquemore as Mayor Frank Jaquet as Dr. Henry Hobson Tristram Coffin as Maj. Raleigh Lee Shumway as J.C. Jarvis William Gould as District Attorney Benton J. Arthur Young as Judge Prescott Claudia Drake as Flo Jessie Arnold as Miss Calhoun, Dr. Hobson's Nurse Ralf Harolde as Nick Scaturo Isabel La Mal as Mrs. Richards Frances Morris as Jarvis's Secretary Jack Cheatham as Policeman Wilbur Mack as University President
Production No Greater Sin was an attempt to capitalize on the success of the Warner Bros. feature Dr. Ehrlich's Magic Bullet (1940), recounting the pioneering treatment of venereal disease. Edward A. Golden, former publicity man turned independent film producer, made No Greater Sin at Monogram Pictures, using Monogram's actors, technicians, and studio facilities. Golden would later produce the biggest exploitation success of the 1940s, Hitler's Children, released by RKO in 1943.
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Bibliography Fetrow, Alan G. Feature Films, 1940-1949: a United States Filmography. McFarland, 1994. Schaefer, Eric. "Bold! Daring! Shocking! True!": A History of Exploitation Films, 1919-1959. Duke University Press, 1999.
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