A kidnapper raises his victim as his own—then tries to cash in. Yikes.
After being in jail for seventeen years a crook is met by the girl he kidnapped as a baby. She now thinks he's her father. When he returns her to her real father there's a job and a reward, but an old prisonmate gets in the way.
Acting
Peter Lorre's weaselly professor—pure unhinged screen presence.
Writing
The premise is bonkers and they commit to every unhinged beat.
Director
George Marshall
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This late Pre-Code straddles the Hays Code enforcement, softening its kidnapping premise with maudlin father-daughter sentimentality that barely masks the ick factor.
George Marshall would later direct Destry Rides Again and multiple Jerry Lewis vehicles—this melodrama phase was a wild detour.
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