Basically playing Torchy Blane with a camera, Glenda Farrell helps a down on his luck prosecuting attorney (Otto Kruger) back onto his feet, fixing his career destroying mistake that sent the wrong man to the chair. Tying the crime to racketeer Richard Lane and his henchman (Bernard Nedell), Farrell and her pal (Lorraine Krueger) aide Kruger in fixing things, giving a nice sense of attonement to the story.
The scene stealing Herbert Mundin and his dog are a hard act to follow as a kindly homeless man and his dog, adding both humor and heart to their roles. It's a pretty good B film, not much different than hundreds of others. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson plays a telephone operator without his raspy trademark voice and completely serious, one of the few truly dignified portrayals of a black man from this time period. Definitely worth seeking out for B movie fans.
The scene stealing Herbert Mundin and his dog are a hard act to follow as a kindly homeless man and his dog, adding both humor and heart to their roles. It's a pretty good B film, not much different than hundreds of others. Eddie "Rochester" Anderson plays a telephone operator without his raspy trademark voice and completely serious, one of the few truly dignified portrayals of a black man from this time period. Definitely worth seeking out for B movie fans.