Take My Life (1942) DVD-R

Starring Monte Hawley, Jeni Le Gon, The Harlem Tuff-Kids, DeForest Covan, Freddie Jackson
Paul Page
Directed by Harry M. Popkin

Print: Black and White
Runtime: 70 min.
Genre: drama

Ace Baldwin, a small-time hood, has manipulated a group of impressionable youths into forming a gang of petty thieves.
Johnny Thurman, a member of the gang, has convinced his brother, Dr. Bob, to rent them a clubhouse,
which is actually a front for the gang's illicit enterprise.
Helen Stanley, sister of another gang member, Bill, tells Bob that she is suspicious of the boys' activities at the clubhouse,
but when the two visit the place, Bob is unconvinced. Meanwhile, Renie De Vere, Bob's fiancée, has been spending time with Ace,
and at her apartment, she tells him that she plans to marry the doctor so that she can give up her stage career and relax.
Bob, who earlier had learned that Renie and Ace had been seen together around town, arrives unexpectedly,
forcing Renie to hide Ace in her bedroom. Bob becomes suspicious of Renie, who is acting nervous, and tests her to see if she knows Ace.