Shantytown

1943 NR 1h 6m 6.7

Elizabeth "Liz" Gorty (Mary Lee) lives with her mother and stepfather in a ramshackle boarding house in Shantytown on the wrong side of the tracks. Bill Allen (John Archer) and his wife Virginia (Marjorie Lord) rent a room from the Gorty's...

Elizabeth "Liz" Gorty (Mary Lee) lives with her mother and stepfather in a ramshackle boarding house in Shantytown on the wrong side of the tracks. Bill Allen (John Archer) and his wife Virginia (Marjorie Lord) rent a room from the Gorty's and "Liz", always a tomboy, resolves to become a lady like Virginia, who is expecting a baby. Bill is a fugitive from the law because he was innocently involved in a crime pulled off by the "Ace" Landers gang. Landers (Noel Madison) locates Bill and the latter is forced to drive a get-away car in a bank robbery. The gang is caught but Bill escapes. Meanwhile, Virginia is ill and is attended by kindly old "Doc" Herndon (Harry Davenport). "Liz" manages to get on an amateur-hour broadcast, sings "On The Corner of Sunshine and Main" and "It Had To Be You", accompanied by Marty Malneck (Matty Malneck) and his Orchestra, and she tosses in a plea for Bill to come home.

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Info about Shantytown

Studio(s): Republic Pictures

Originally Released: Apr 20, 1943

Production Country: United States

Genres: Crime, Drama, Music