A private detective is offered a job protecting a rich business man from suspected blackmail. Before he can accept the case a murder is uncovered.
Acting
Adele Mara sings, schemes, and steals every scene she's in.
Direction
Selander crams more shadows into 67 minutes than most manage in two hours.
Director
Lesley Selander
William Marshall
Daniel J. Turner
Adele Mara
Sylvia Duane
Ricardo Cortez
Ziggy Cranston
Grant Withers
Inspector Donaldson
Stephanie Bachelor
Carla
Richard Fraser
Antoine Le Blanc
Roy Barcroft
Spice Kellaway
George J. Lewis
Blue Chip Winslow
Gregory Gaye
Jervis (as Gregory Gay)
Tristram Coffin
Pinky
Eva Novak
Mamie, the Maid
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Republic Pictures' attempt at A-picture noir on a B-picture schedule — shot in under two weeks.
Ricardo Cortez, playing the shady Ziggy, was actually a major silent-era leading man whose career survived the talkies by pivoting to villains.
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