15 Maiden Lane is a 1936 American crime film about an insurance investigator (Claire Trevor) who infiltrates a gang planning to steal jewels from the eponymous building on Maiden Lane in the Fulton Street District of Manhattan. The neighborhood had been the center of New York City's Diamond District since 1931 before its gradual relocation uptown to 47th Street beginning in 1941. The movie was directed by Allan Dwan.
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