City Streets

Nan Cooley (Sylvia Sidney) is in love with The Kid (Gary Cooper), a shooting gallery showman. Nan's father kills bootlegging chief Blackie (Stanley Fields), at the urging of Big Fella Maskal (Paul Lukas) Nan is accused of murder by her father Pop Cooley, implicating her in the murder of Blackie. She naïvely takes the rap, believing the mob will arrange for her acquittal, but is sent to prison. When Nan is released, having served her term, she wants nothing more to do with the mob.