The read
It runs a compact 1h 28m.
Synopsis
Gertie Waxted knows how notorious gangster Jim Crelliman runs his rackets, because she's long been under the hoodlum's thumb. She's secretly helping lawyer Jackson Durant in a snoop job aimed at pinning a murder on the thug. Her life will be in peril when that secret gets out.
Ratings
IMDb6.8/10
21 audience votes
Key crew
- W.S. Van DykeDirector
- William AxtOriginal Music Composer
- Albert HackettScreenplay
- Frances GoodrichScreenplay
Cast
- Warner BaxterJackson 'Jack' Durant
- Myrna LoyGertie Waxted
- Charles ButterworthLayton
- Mae ClarkeMimi Montagne
- Phillips HolmesTom Siddall
- C. Henry GordonJim Crelliman
- Martha SleeperSue Leonard
- Nat PendletonTony Gazotti
- George E. StoneTim Murtoch
- Robert Emmett O'ConnorPolice Lt. 'Steve' Stevens
- Raymond HattonBodyguard
- Arthur BelascoBodyguard
Stills
Themes
call girlgangsterpre-codemurder investigationframed for murdercriminal lawyermurder by gunshotkept womanformer loversremadecriminal defense attorney