Paid to Dance

It seems those dancers-for-hire clubs have some shady dealings in the background with young girls being locked into contracts that allow them to be shipped to any club the owner wants - still, one can't operate without protection from the law and when a new protector comes into the picture, suddenly there's trouble in local boss Miranda's Paradise Club. These girls are also dying like flies and disappearing into thin air to the consternation of the citizenry so the governor decides to get tough has many repercussions for the girls. Rita Hayworth is a new dancer who gets mixed up in the conflict between the club owners, the agents and the law; however, she only has a few scenes here and there, and looks fairly ordinary here as she had yet to have her transformation into all-out film star. As the flick proceeds the pace picks up speed until by the end developments come thick and fast, enough to make your head spin. It's dog-eat-dog among the bosses as the steel ring of the police tightens. Clearly a low budget affair, this film in packs tons of plot as is surprisingly brutal near the end. Short and sweet!