Review of Slaves in Bondage (1937) by Richard D — 10 Apr 2018

A woman is kidnapped for the purposes of prostitution, but escapes. She identifies one of the men who kidnapped her, but his bosses kill him before the police can nab him. Meanwhile, a young unemployed reporter is covering the story trying to get a job with the local paper.

His fiance works for a nail salon that is actually a cover for the prostitution ring. She is abducted by them. The exploitation flick masquerades as an expose of the white slavery rackets, but is really an excuse to put women in their underwear on screen doing things like tickling and spanking each other.

The problem is that there's really not enough of that. What there is a lot of is mediocre actors reading dull dialogue and extremely awkwardly staged action scenes. It's a pretty short film that feels very very long.