A House Is Not a Home

Polish immigrant Polly Adler is a poor Polish immigrant who works in a sweatshop. She loses her job after she is sexually assaulted by a coworker. Her next apartment is in a building owned by Frank Costigan, a gangster. One thing leads to another and Polly is the madam of a bordello. She has genuine feelings for a musician, Casey Booth, but does not reveal her true occupation to him.