No Greater Sin

The dangers of the dread venereal disease syphilis are depicted in this earnest drama from the 1940s. The story centers upon an intrepid health commissioner who is out to get rid of the tawdry hookers responsible for spreading the disease.

Cast

Leon Ames

as Dr. Edward Cavanaugh

Luana Walters

as Sandra James

Pamela Blake

as Betty James

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

as Bill Thorne

Guy Usher

as J.J. James

Bodil Rosing

as Ma James

John Gallaudet

as Townsend

Henry Roquemore

as Mayor

Frank Jaquet

as Dr. Henry Hobson

Tris Coffin

as Maj. Raleigh

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