Convicted

Rita Hayworth is a night club dancer. She has looked after her kid brother, Edgar Edwards, since she first went to work. Now Edwards is in love with gold digger Phyllis Clare. They are going to go away together with what Miss Haywrth thinks is embezzled money. An interview with Miss Clare yields a "so what?". But those plans are cut short when Miss Clare is found murdered. Edwards is Convicted (1938) and due to be executed. Miss Hayworth and lovestruck cop Charles Quigley investigate,, with Miss Hayworth dancing at Marc Lawrence's night-club and moving in as his girlfriend.

Miss Hayworth dances three times for about a minute a dance, and given this movie's status as one of the quota quickies produced by Kenneth Bishop in British Columbia, I wasn't expecting much, even though it's drawn from a story by Cornell Woolrich. It's straightforward, short and its interest for film buffs is that it's an early leading role for Miss Hayworth, one of five she co-starred in with Quigley.