A prankster accidentally kills his best friend—now THAT'S embarrassing.
Jerry Randolph is an inveterate and obnoxious practical joker. Things take a serious turn when it looks as though Jerry's latest prank has resulted in the death of his best friend.
Acting
Chester Morris commits to absolute obnoxiousness.
Direction
Laemmle keeps 61 minutes from feeling like 90.
Costume
Depression-era fits that somehow slap.
Director
Edward Laemmle
Chester Morris
Jerry Randolph
Marian Nixon
Jane
Walter Woolf King
Paul
Alan Mowbray
Aheam
George E. Stone
Louie
John Wray
Slug
Henry Armetta
Morganza
Huntley Gordon
Runyon
Gay Seabrook
Miss Dodd
Herman Bing
Bartender
Virginia Sale
Mother
Jane Darwell
Mrs. Stuckelberger
Charles C. Wilson
Attorney
Christian J. Frank
Man
Carl Miller
Man
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood let comedies get genuinely dark before the Hays Code sanitized everything in 1934—this barely squeaked through.
Edward Laemmle was nephew of Universal founder Carl Laemmle; nepotism gave us this weird gem.
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