"City Commissioner Frank Kelly commits suicide after political boss Jim Blake frames him in Blake's own grafting racket. Kelly's daughter Wanda, who is in love with Blake's son Tom, vows revenge against Blake when he insists innocent men do not commit suicide." Since this is on the film's title page it isn't a spoiler.
This revenge involves so many coincidences and implausibilities as to be ridiculous without creating much suspense. It's more like a Victorian melodrama than a pre-code. Leading man Richard Arlen is wooden, rest of the cast does the best they can with the material.
There are just too many fast-paced vital pre-coders to waste time on this one.
This revenge involves so many coincidences and implausibilities as to be ridiculous without creating much suspense. It's more like a Victorian melodrama than a pre-code. Leading man Richard Arlen is wooden, rest of the cast does the best they can with the material.
There are just too many fast-paced vital pre-coders to waste time on this one.