The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
Director:
Lewis Seiler
Writers:
John Kneubuhl (adaptation), Pat Michaels (newspaper articles)
Stars:
Betsy Palmer, Jack Lord, Barry Atwater
In this realistic crime drama, a Santa Ana housewife, anxious to somehow avenge the drug-related death of her nephew, offers to help the Orange County cops break up a big drug ring. The woman then goes undercover and becomes the girl friend of the ring leader. She accompanies him to Tijuana and they both end up arrested. The drug ring is then destroyed. Rather than reveal her true identity, the woman opts to remain in jail. If the gangsters knew the truth, they would surely kill her. Much of the tale is taken from a true incident.