8/10
Douglas Fairbanks Jr getting mixed up with the wrong guy and the right woman
23 August 2020
This is a brilliant thriller which unfortunately has got muddled up by poor editing, which makes it difficult to follow the extremely complex action, which is screened much too fast, several scenes even being cut short. Douglas Fairbanks Jr makes a dashing performance as still a very young man and plays a sort of sympathetic scoundrel, while the lady in action is the fascinatingly beautiful Valerie Hobson, who first points a gun at him. The intrigue is a muddle, there are some refreshing fights and a few casualties, and no one is actually intentionally murdered, although there is finally a spectacular and exciting murder trial, which crowns the film. There are a bit too many adventures squeezed into too short a film, which would have needed more space and time. Nevertheless, it's brilliant entertainment, and if you can get head and tail out of it, you will be sure to appreciate it.
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