Movies and TvShows featuring "poor-working-girl" theme.

In the midst of the Prohibition era in 1930s New York City, a poor working girl finds herself becoming a taxi-dancer in order to make a living. She is thrust into a world of wealth and glamour, but soon faces a false accusation of infidelity that threatens to destroy her newfound happiness. As she navigates through the turbulent waters of love and betrayal, she must also contend with the violent underbelly of the city, dealing with gamblers, money lenders, and the constant tension that permeates her life. This pre-code film explores the hardships and struggles of a woman trying to make her way in a challenging world.

99 and 44/100% Dead is a cliche-ridden crime comedy movie set in the disco era. It follows the story of a gang leader and his gang members as they engage in a brutal battle against a sadistic killer. The movie is filled with violence, slang, and farcical situations, with a dash of love at first sight.

Fortune hunter Mary Brooks, posing as a missionary's daughter, strives to beat a couple of pilots, Terry Prescott and "Waffles" Billings, (who have turned pearl divers in order to buy a plane and join the Royal Air Force), out of their pearls, while also beating off the advances of Prince Sali who wants to add her to his harem.

Dann Mulvey (William Scott), just released from prison, is falsely accused of murder. The real culprit is the least-suspected person, who makes a deathbed confession.

McCrea plays Joe Meadows, whose only ambition as a Kansas farm boy was a life at sea. He moves to New York to try to get a job as a sailor, finds it more difficult than he thought, and meets Helen Brown, who falls for him and uses her feminine wiles to try to prevent him leaving.

When New York City police officer O'Malley learns of a young man who is about to embark on a life of crime by taking part in a robbery, he takes the boy aside and tells him the story of Boomerang Bill, another wanna-be gangster who wanted to be a big shot in the New York crime scene. It seems that Bill fell for a pretty young dance-hall girl, and went up against local gang boss Tony the Wop when he insulted her. Tony, who never forgot a slight, found a way to make things very, very tough for Boomerang Bill, in a way that he never saw coming.

Eve, a beautiful young nightclub dancer, turns down a string of wealthy and powerful suitors for Robert, a poor but ambitious young man. What Eve doesn't know is that Robert is the son of a wealthy businessman and is just pretending to be poor to see if she really loves him. However, an item in the society pages gives away Robert's true identity. Complications ensue.