Law professor John Lindsay (Edward G. Robinson)accepts the job of special prosecutor offered him by civic leader Eugene Ferguson (Otto Kruger) against the wishes of his wife Jerry (Barbara O'Neil). Paul(John Beal, Ferguson's son, aids Lindsay, not knowing his father is boss of the crime syndicate.—Les Adams
alcohol, fistfight, gambling, husband wife relationship, intimidation, last will and testament, loss of father, loss of husband, murder disguised as suicide, murder, fingerprints, femme fatale, arrest, bodyguard, broken window, cafe, car bomb, car explosion, coward, dancing
It's all fairly familiar, but the story takes so many hairpin turns and moves at such a breakneck speed that it's highly exciting entertainment.
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