A reporter turned tax agent infiltrates a crime ring to catch a racketeer, working with the mobster's bookkeeper. When she agrees to testify, an informant exposes them and she's kidnapped.
Acting
Bette Davis elevates every scene she's in—watch her eyes.
Writing
Snappy Warner Bros. patter that never wastes a syllable.
Director
William Keighley
Bette Davis
Julie Gardner
George Brent
Bill Bradford
Ricardo Cortez
Alexander Carston
Jack La Rue
Jake Andrews
Henry O'Neill
District Attorney Roger Quinn
Robert Strange
Waxey Armitage
Joseph Crehan
Commissioner of Police
J. Carrol Naish
Joe Durell
Joe Sawyer
Rich - Chief Henchman
William B. Davidson
Charlie Young - Carston's Lawyer
Robert Barrat
Chief of Internal Revenue Service
Paul Guilfoyle
Williams - Quinn's Secretary
Joe King
Agent Wilson
Irving Pichel
U.S. District Attorney
John Alexander
Arcade Manager (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This rushed production recycled sets and costumes from other Warner gangster pictures to save money during the Depression.
Released just before the Production Code crackdown, this is one of Davis's last chances to play morally ambiguous before the 'good girl' era.
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