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City of Missing Girls

194174 minUnited States
DramaCrimeMystery
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Original language
English
This copy runs
73:40
Subtitles
English

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Synopsis

A reporter links a series of disappearances to an arts school promising young women a start in entertainment. Behind its respectable lessons, a gangster recruits performers for his nightclub operation. The investigation becomes personal when her father is implicated and a compromising photograph places her boyfriend near another death.

Cast

DirectorsElmer Clifton

Historical context

The promise of a performing career supplies the trap in this crime drama. An assertive woman reporter drives the inquiry, while the school and nightclub connect the mystery to contemporary anxieties about recruitment, exploitation and the safety of young newcomers to the city.

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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.

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