

Overview
This titillating bit of pulp sensationalism was the last in a string of "B" films that Cleo Moore starred in at Columbia. Moore plays Lila Crane, an ambitious clip-joint floozie turned photographer with flexible morals and a penchant for fast money.
Top Cast

Cleo Moore
Lily Krenshka / Lila Crane

Richard Crenna
Russell Bassett

Isobel Elsom
Mrs. Payton Grange

Raymond Greenleaf
Max West, Photographer

Constance Towers
Shirley Thomas

James O'Rear
Roy Carver

Donald Randolph
Coco Fields

Dayton Lummis
Horace Sutherland

Jack Albertson
Les Bauer (uncredited)

Edna Holland
Mrs. Gulick (as Edna M. Holland)
Dick Crockett
Jerry

Eddie Parker
Matt (as Edwin Parker)
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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