United ArtistsDirected by: Roland West
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Nominated: Best Picture (unofficial)
Nominated: Chester Morris, Best Actor in a Leading Role (unofficial)
Nominated: William Cameron Menzies, Best Art Direction (unofficial)
Chester Morris is released from prison and joins up with the old gang at the local nightclub. One night he shoots a policeman. His girl just happens to be the sister of a copper who is working on the case. Regis Toomey steals the show as the drunken undercover copper, but Morris does get in some scary, sneering close-ups. The opening scenes display an awareness of German expressionism in their use of lighting and montage techniques, but they are seldom used after the first few minutes.
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)
Nominated: Best Picture (unofficial)
Nominated: Chester Morris, Best Actor in a Leading Role (unofficial)
Nominated: William Cameron Menzies, Best Art Direction (unofficial)
Chester Morris is released from prison and joins up with the old gang at the local nightclub. One night he shoots a policeman. His girl just happens to be the sister of a copper who is working on the case. Regis Toomey steals the show as the drunken undercover copper, but Morris does get in some scary, sneering close-ups. The opening scenes display an awareness of German expressionism in their use of lighting and montage techniques, but they are seldom used after the first few minutes.
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