A detective tries to figure out who killed a man who predicted his own death.
Acting
Ralph Bellamy's weary, razor-sharp detective energy.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched pre-Code visuals on a shoestring budget.
Writing
Clockwork-tight 63-minute plotting, zero fat.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Ralph Bellamy
Insp. Steve Trent
June Collyer
Janet Holt
Claude Gillingwater
John Fry
Bradley Page
Howard B. Smith
Betty Blythe
Mavis Fry
Arthur Pierson
Dr. David R. Marsh
George Cooper
Stubby
Joseph Crehan
Capt. Frank Flynn
Otto Yamaoka
Kono
Mary Foy
Housekeeper
Kit Guard
Jack
Bob Kortman
Plainclothesman
Edward LeSaint
Harry Graham
Fred 'Snowflake' Toones
1st Taxi Driver
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lambert Hillyer churned out over 150 films in his career; this was one of four he directed in 1933 alone.
Pre-Code mysteries like this thrived on sensational premises and moral ambiguity before the Hays Code sanitized Hollywood in 1934.
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