Scandal sheet publisher Raymond Burr kills the mistress who has been keeping his newspaper afloat, then frames her husband, washed-up producer Paul Harvey. When Harvey's daughter, Barbra Fuller, shows up, she tries to investigate.
If you're looking for bad people behaving badly, this is a swell movie for you. Burr is so evil and twisted, you're waiting for him to get his comeuppance, along with all the other underworld character he cheats and who try to cheat him. If, however, you're looking for a story that makes sense and some decent dialogue, you don't want to see this. I can't figure out why Burr kills the goose that lays the golden eggs, and then, with $100,000 worth of jewelry, tries to use them to frame Harvey instead f breaking them up to keep his rag going. And his dialogue!
Director George Blair wasn't long for the movies, even the Republic B division, but given a decent script and actors, he could turn out a good movie. He's got the actors. Too bad he doesn't have the script.
If you're looking for bad people behaving badly, this is a swell movie for you. Burr is so evil and twisted, you're waiting for him to get his comeuppance, along with all the other underworld character he cheats and who try to cheat him. If, however, you're looking for a story that makes sense and some decent dialogue, you don't want to see this. I can't figure out why Burr kills the goose that lays the golden eggs, and then, with $100,000 worth of jewelry, tries to use them to frame Harvey instead f breaking them up to keep his rag going. And his dialogue!
Director George Blair wasn't long for the movies, even the Republic B division, but given a decent script and actors, he could turn out a good movie. He's got the actors. Too bad he doesn't have the script.