The read
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 11m.
Synopsis
A crooked real estate tycoon tricks a trusting young woman out of her small candy store. When he is found dead, the girl is suspected of the crime.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Jack KempDirector
- Vincent ValentiniScreenplay
Cast
- Sheila GuyseJulie Weston
- Stepin Fetchit'Swifty', the Handyman
- Hilda OffleyAunt Hattie
- Creighton ThompsonReverend Jackson
- Kenneth FreemanJim Marshall
- William GreavesBert Hallam
- Sybil LewisAlice Adams
- Laurence CrinerAlbert Marshall
- Jack CarterPhilip Manley
- Milton WilliamsMr. Wilkinson
- Monte HawleyLieutenant Renard
- Ruble BlakeyDetective Foley
Stills
Themes
extortionswindleharlem, new york citypoverty rowmurder suspect1940s