The Flesh Is Weak – 1957 | 88 mins | Drama | B&W

Plot Synopsis

Early exploitation crime drama about a young girl newly arrived in London that gets involved in the vice industry.

Innocent country girl Marissa Cooper (Milly Vitale) is newly arrived in London and seeking a job, when she is enticed into being a nightclub hostess by Gracie and Henry (Harold Lang). Marissa falls for Tony Giani (John Derek), who she believes will protect her, in reality he’s a Soho pimp and racketeer who intends to lure her into prostitution.

Soon Tony has persuaded Marissa into curb-crawling, and it’s on the street that she meets investigative journalist Lloyd Buxton (William Franklyn), who intends to write an expose of the Giani brothers. Marissa wises up to Tony and leaves him, but returning to the street she is arrested by the police during a fight with another call-girl and subsequently sentenced to six months behind bars. When she is released, Buxton takes Marissa to a place of safety and encourages her to appear as a witness in the Giani trial.