One Night at Susies

A kind woman runs a boarding house that has become a haven for mobsters and racketeers. When a murder occurs, her devoted foster son, a playwright, falsely confesses to the crime to protect someone else. He is sent to prison, leaving his fiancée behind, as the true story of the murder, involving an affair and revenge for a rape, slowly unravels. This pre-code melodrama explores themes of loyalty, justice, and love within the criminal underworld.