Pre-Code Hollywood at its most scandalous: bootleggers, baby endangerment, and Clark Gable being VERY bad.
Lora Hart manages to land a job in a hospital as a trainee nurse. Upon completion of her training she goes to work as a night nurse for two small children who seem to be very sick, though something much more sinister is going on.
Acting
Stanwyck's pre-Code fire; Gable's menacing charisma before stardom.
Direction
Wellman squeezing maximum sleaze into 72 tight minutes.
Director
William A. Wellman
Barbara Stanwyck
Lora Hart
Ben Lyon
Mortie
Joan Blondell
Maloney
Clark Gable
Nick
Blanche Friderici
Mrs. Maxwell
Charlotte Merriam
Mrs. Ritchey
Charles Winninger
Dr. Bell
Edward Nugent
Eagan
Vera Lewis
Miss Dillon
Ralf Harolde
Dr. Milton Ranger
Walter McGrail
The Drunk
Betty Jane Graham
Desney Ritchey (uncredited)
Marcia Mae Jones
Nanny Ritchey (uncredited)
Robert Allen
Party Guest (uncredited)
James Bradbury Jr.
Wounded Prisoner (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Clark Gable's breakthrough role—his 15th film—finally getting noticed as a heavy after failing screen tests for 'nice guy' parts.
The scene where Stanwyck and Blondell strip to their lingerie while chatting casually was standard pre-Code fare; such moments were literally outlawed by the Production Code months later.
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