The Sin of Nora Moran is a 1933 American pre-Code melodrama and proto-noir film directed by Phil Goldstone.

[1] The painting for the movie poster is by Peruvian artist Alberto Vargas, who was working in the United States.

John gives her a newspaper clipping about Nora Moran, the first woman to be executed in the electric chair in twenty years.

A flashback occurs, in which Nora, a five-year-old girl, is adopted by the Morans from a Catholic orphanage.

With the election two weeks away, Grant grows suspicious of their affair, to which he investigates Nora's personal history, including her connection to the circus playing in town.

To save Crawford's political reputation, Nora and Grant plan to cover up Paulino's death.

Paulino's body is moved near the train, but Nora is apprehended and arrested for first-degree murder.

Feeling guilty of murder, Nora consoles Crawford, telling him their mutual happiness will not be tainted by his crime.