The read
A Balasaur Score of 71 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.5/10, Rotten Tomatoes 90%. Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 59m. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
A venal, spoiled stockbroker's wife impulsively embezzles $10,000 from the charity she chairs and desperately turns to a Burmese ivory trader to replace the stolen money.
Ratings
IMDb6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
73 audience votes
Key crew
- Cecil B. DeMilleDirector
- Hector TurnbullScreenplay
- Jeanie MacphersonWriter
Cast
- Fannie WardEdith Hardy
- Sessue HayakawaHishuru Tori [Haka Arakau]
- Jack DeanRichard Hardy
- James NeillJones
- Yutaka AbeTori's valet
- Dana OngDistrict attorney
- Hazel ChildersMrs. Reynolds
- Arthur H. WilliamsCourtroom judge
- Dick La RenoCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
- Lucien LittlefieldHardy's Secretary (uncredited)
- Raymond HattonCourtroom Spectator (uncredited)
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Themes
gambling debtself-defensestolen moneydeceived husbandattempted rapeembezzlementbrandingspoiled womenrape revengeflirtationfaithful husbandgunplay