Slaves in Bondage

This movie begins with a young woman named "Mary Lou" (Louise Small) who has been kidnapped and is being forcibly taken to a brothel in a speeding car. In the process of fighting her captors she manages to jump out of the car and loses consciousness when she lands on the pavement. Fortunately, the occupants of an oncoming car happen to see her on the side of the road and take her home. It's then that an unemployed reporter named "Phillip Miller" (Donald Reed) picks up on the story and sells it to the newspaper where it makes front page news. Soon one of the abductors is identified and what basically transpires is the story of how small-town girls are lured to New York City by the offer of employment and then eventually forced into prostitution when they discover that things aren't what they appear to be. Now although this movie is rather old I thought that for an exploitation film like this it was well ahead of its time. Obviously, the Hays Code prevented any nudity or scenes of a sexual nature and because of that this film might seem tame in comparison to movies of today. Accordingly, I believe that in order to better appreciate this movie a person needs to be able to use his imagination in order to fill in the blanks. Having said that I rate this movie as slightly above average.