A criminal gang is after a rich man's money. A female member of the gang gets the bright idea of getting him to marry her, then getting a healthy settlement after a quick divorce.
Acting
Dorothy Mackaill's morally flexible femme fatale steals every scene.
Writing
Snappy 1934 dialogue that somehow got past the censors.
Director
Phil Rosen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Pre-Code Hollywood (1930-1934) sneaked in morally ambiguous women and criminal heroes before the Production Code clamped down in July 1934.
William Boyd would soon reinvent himself as Hopalong Cassidy, making this rare evidence he played something other than a cowboy hero.
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