Edward G. Robinson is just out of prison and planning to go straight, but gets sidetracked into robbing a bank. His plan starts out with him buying a luggage store next to the object of his affection, whereupon he and his associates -- Eddie Brophy, Broderick Crawford -- begin tunneling through to the vault. However, his adopted daughter, Jane Wyman, the other shop owners on the torn-up block, and actually running a store keep interfering with his quiet plans.
Like many of the Warner Brothers comedies of the era, it's more frantic than funny, but it's full of many supporting comic actors of the period doing their shticks. Robinson is, of course, perfect as a smooth-talking con man in his last movie under long-term contract for Warners.
It's directed by Lloyd Bacon, one of the company's workhorse directors of the era. He was never noted much for a style, but if the studio needed a movie brought in on schedule and budget, he was their man. He began as an actor in Broncho Billy shorts in 1914. By 1922, he was directing Lloyd Hamilton shorts. He went to work for the Warner Brothers in 1925, and stayed there until 1944. He directed the last of his 99 features in 195, and died two years later at the age of 65.
Like many of the Warner Brothers comedies of the era, it's more frantic than funny, but it's full of many supporting comic actors of the period doing their shticks. Robinson is, of course, perfect as a smooth-talking con man in his last movie under long-term contract for Warners.
It's directed by Lloyd Bacon, one of the company's workhorse directors of the era. He was never noted much for a style, but if the studio needed a movie brought in on schedule and budget, he was their man. He began as an actor in Broncho Billy shorts in 1914. By 1922, he was directing Lloyd Hamilton shorts. He went to work for the Warner Brothers in 1925, and stayed there until 1944. He directed the last of his 99 features in 195, and died two years later at the age of 65.