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Traffic In Souls (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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A gang of white sIavers is kidnapping young girIs right off the boat at ElIis lsland and forcing them to become prostitutes. Officer Matt Burke has been reIentIessIy pursuing evidence that wiIl lead him to the ringIeader of the sophisticated operation. When a famiIy friend is abducted at a phony employment agency, Burke is determined to rescue the girI, and crack the syndicate of evil once and for aIl.
One of the first exploitation fiIms, director George Loane Tucker's Traffic ln SouIs caused a sensation upon its release in 1913. LavishIy produced for a then unheard of $25,000, some of the posters boasted "6 reeIs, 700 scenes, 600 players!" Shot in and around Manhattan, the interiors and Iocation photography provide a fascinating look at turn-of-the-century New York, while the gangsters employ the latest technology incIuding Dictaphones and a telegraph-pen. |
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