Smart Girls Don't Talk (1948)

A party girl (Virginia Mayo) with dollar signs in her eyes hooks up with a gangster (Bruce Bennett) who owns a nightclub. But when her younger brother (Robert Hutton), fresh out of medical school, chastises her for her shallow ways, she develops a conscience. But in this case, her conscience may be too late as tragedy follows. Directed by Richard L. Bare, this minor programmer is a more than passable entertainment if you don't press too hard. Mayo could move easily from the peaches and cream beauty of those Technicolor Danny Kaye comedies she did at Goldwyn to the tough broads of WHITE HEAT and BEST YEARS OF OUR LIVES and here as the gold digging vixen who gets burnt, she's at her best. It's a pity the male leads are on the dull side. If you're a Mayo fan or a fan of those late Warners crime films, check it out. With Helen Westcott, Tom D'Andrea and Richard Rober.