Raoul Walsh directs this fast-paced, fast talking comedy/drama in the style of THE FRONT PAGE--but despite the sassy dialog among criminals and assorted tough guys, as well as manicurist JOAN BENNETT who becomes a newspaper reporter, it's lacking in entertainment value despite a cast that includes CARY GRANT, WALTER PIDGEON, LLOYD NOLAN, DOUGLAS FOWLEY and ISABEL JEWELL.
The mystery revolves around stolen diamonds and the killing of a baby by a stray bullet. Grant pretty much plays his usual self as a detective who happens to be the boyfriend of Bennett. The playful banter between them makes her sound like the prototype of the kind of wisecracking female she would play throughout all of her femme fatale roles. But here, she's blonde and pretty while playing her role in much the same style as Rosalind Russell played a girl reporter in THE FRONT PAGE.
Strictly second-rate stuff as entertainment despite the good cast.
The mystery revolves around stolen diamonds and the killing of a baby by a stray bullet. Grant pretty much plays his usual self as a detective who happens to be the boyfriend of Bennett. The playful banter between them makes her sound like the prototype of the kind of wisecracking female she would play throughout all of her femme fatale roles. But here, she's blonde and pretty while playing her role in much the same style as Rosalind Russell played a girl reporter in THE FRONT PAGE.
Strictly second-rate stuff as entertainment despite the good cast.