Plot: In New York, the powerful and ruthless mobster Johnny Vanning acquires the Club Intimate and presses the hostesses to entertain the men with dance and drinks and then taking them to gamble to spend money. The party girl Mary "Dwight" Strauber and her roommates Dorothy 'Gabby' Marvin, Emmy Lou Eagan, Florrie Liggett and Estelle Porter entertain a group of Wardolf Astoria's guests and Mary's date loses a great amount of money in the casino and gives a bounced check to the thugs. Mary borrows some money for the cab to him but the mobsters follow him. On the next morning, Mary's sister Betty Strauber, who is supported by Mary and does not know the real "profession" of her older sister, visits Mary and the girls. However, police detectives arrive in the apartment and arrest the women. In the precinct, they lean that Mary's costumer was found dead and her address was found in his pocket. The young and ambitious District Attorney David Graham presses Mary to snitch Johnny Vanning, but his lawyer gives instructions to Mary to deceive David and Johnny escapes from justice. When the naive Betty is invited by Emmy Lou to go to a private party promoted by Johnny Vanning, she has an incident with one costumer. Johnny hits Betty and she tumbles on the stairs and is seriously wounded. However Johnny orders his men to dump her body in the river. When Mary discovers that Johnny has murdered her sister, she seeks out David Graham and promises to put the criminal behind bars. But the task is not easy and the gangsters are violent.
Alternative Plot: Fiery nightclub dame Mary Dwight Strauber (Bette Davis) witnesses a murder at the Club Intime, but is terrified to testify against her slimy boss, notorious mobster Johnny Vanning (Eduardo Ciannelli). When Mary's innocent sister, Betty (Jane Bryan), gets mixed up in Vanning's racket and winds up dead, Mary finally yields to pressure from the District Attorney (Humphrey Bogart) and agrees to testify against Vanning in court, regardless of the death threats she receives from his henchmen.
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