Cafe Hostess (also known as Street of Missing Women) is a 1940 American crime film directed by Sidney Salkow and starring Preston Foster and Ann Dvorak.

Jo is a hostess, also known as a "B" girl (a euphemism for a prostitute), in a clip joint, a seedy waterfront nightclub where the patrons are set up for a pickpocket operation.

While there, Annie witnesses Jo being treated roughly by a local hood, Red Connolly (William Pawley), whom she accosts, which turns into a brawl.

[3][4] Members of the cast announced at that time included Ann Dvorak, Preston Foster, Arthur Loft, Wynne Gibson, Betty Compson and Peggy Shannon.

[7] On October 25, Variety released the names of several additional cast members: Bruce Bennett, Don Beddoe, Douglas Fowley, Lorna Gray, Linda Winters and Beatrice Blinn.

The Cafe Hostess title was used in Los Angeles, where the film premiered on January 26 as the second feature to His Girl Friday at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre.

He noted "occasional outstanding melodramatic moments" and complimented the acting of the entire cast and especially Salkow's direction, stating that his deft pacing sustained the film despite the flawed story.