Stolen Heaven

Stolen Heaven

1931 · 76 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama, Romance

A hooker gets followed home by a man she thinks is drunk, but it turns out he's been wounded in a robbery of a radio factory where he used to work. As the police swarm into the seedy tenement, she decides to help him, and the two form an uneasy alliance culminating in a suicide pact.

Directed by George Abbott · Written by George Abbott

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