Skin Deep (1929)

Gangster Joe Daley marries a chorus girl named Sadie and decides to give up the rackets and surrender $100,000 to the DA . For this she turns on him and goes in with Blackie Culver, a rival gang lord, and they set Joe up to take the rap for stealing it. Joe is sent to prison, still unaware of Sadie's betrayal. She makes Joe believe the DA wants her and that he must save her by escaping. He does so and injures his face in the breakout. Farm girl Elsa Langdon has her surgeon father remake his face. Now unrecognizable, Joe learns of Sadie's plot and returns to the city.

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Summary Details
Running Time1 hr 4 min
GenresDrama