A gambler is about to stand trial for a crime he actually didn't commit. In order to brush up his "image", he adopts an orphaned newsboy.
Acting
Rick Vallin's smirking gambler with unexpected soft edges.
Production
Monogram Pictures doing miracles with pocket change and fog machines.
Director
Lambert Hillyer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lambert Hillyer directed over 150 films, mostly B-pictures like this, making him one of Hollywood's most prolific unknowns.
The 'gambler with heart of gold' archepe here directly echoes 1930s Dead End Kids pictures and early Cagney, but on a shoestring budget.
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