Deadbeat dad returns from the dead—except his wife already buried him as a hero.
A father who deserted his family some years before returns home only to find that his wife has told his children and neighbours that he died as a hero.
Acting
Barraud's squirming desperation as the 'resurrected' coward.
Writing
Wife's lie spirals deliciously out of control.
Director
Millard Webb
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood (1930-1934) allowed frank treatment of adultery, divorce, and moral hypocrisy before strict censorship took hold. This film's casual cynicism about marriage wouldn't survive the Hays Code.
Director Millard Webb died later that same year at age 38; this was among his final films. Daphne Courtney's career likewise faded quickly—making this a peculiar time capsule of almost-were careers.
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