{{short description|1931 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox film | name = The Single Sin | image =File:The Single Sin.jpg | caption = | director = William Nigh | producer = Phil Goldstone | writer = A. P. Younger<br>Frances Hyland | starring = Kay Johnson <br> Bert Lytell <br> Paul Hurst | music = | cinematography = Max Dupont | editing = Charles Harris | studio = Tiffany Pictures | distributor = Tiffany Pictures | released = {{Film date|1931|02|23}} | runtime = 90 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''''The Single Sin''''' is a 1931 American Pre-code drama film directed by William Nigh and starring Kay Johnson, Bert Lytell and Paul Hurst. It was produced and released by the independent company Tiffany Pictures.<ref>[http://catalog.afi.com/Film/4596-THE-SINGLESIN?sid= The AFI Catalog of Feature Films:''..The Single Sin'']</ref>
==Plot== Struggling actress Kate Adams gets mixed up in a bootlegging racket, but is sent to jail for several months. Reforming herself she gets a job as the secretary of millionaire Roger Van Dorn, who eventually marries her. Her newfound respectability is threatened when her former partner in crime Frank Bowman is released from prison and gets a job as Van Dorn's chauffeur. He proceeds to blackmail Kate by threatening to reveal their former association.
==Cast== *Kay Johnson as Kate Adams *Bert Lytell as Joe Strickland *Paul Hurst as Slug *Matthew Betz as Frank Bowman *Holmes Herbert as Roger Van Dorn *Geneva Mitchell as Marian *Sandra Ravel as French maid *Charles McNaughton as Butler *Lillian Elliott as Cook *Robert Emmett O'Connor as Detective
==Preservation status== *A print is held at the Library of Congress.<ref>''Catalog of Holdings The American Film Institute Collection and The United Artists Collection at The Library of Congress''(<-book title) p.166 c.1978 by the American Film Institute</ref>
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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0022388}}
{{William Nigh}}
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