Smart Girls Don't Talk is a 1948 American crime film starring Virginia Mayo, Bruce Bennett and Robert Hutton, and directed by Richard L.

[1] When small-time hood Johnny Warjack and his gang hold up glitzy nightclub/illegal gambling den Club Bermuda he is recognized.

Club owner Marty Fain (Bruce Bennett) offers to make good his patrons' losses, but orders his men to deal with Warjack.

Seedy gambler Nelson Clark (Ben Welden) tries to take advantage of Fain's generosity for $10,000, followed by beautiful young socialite Linda Vickers (Virginia Mayo) for $18,000 in diamonds.

He does not approve of his sister's boyfriend, but after being introduced to the club's attractive singer, Toni Peters (Helen Westcott), develops an eye for her.

Rebuked by her brother, and hounded by McReady, Vickers has a change of heart and returns Fain’s check uncashed, then breaks up with him.

However, when Doc refuses to accept a large bribe to keep him from reporting it to the police, Fain sends his hoodlums to persuade him to change his mind.

Luring Fain to Tony’s apartment, she gets him to confess to killing Clark and implicating his trigger-happy henchman in murdering her brother - against his wishes.