A cuckolded gangster, a suspicious wife, and 65 minutes of pure pre-Code chaos.
Joe Cabrone vows to kill Sam after believing him to be having an affair with his wife.
Acting
Charles Murray Jr.'s T. McGillicuddy Hungerford — name AND performance.
Production
Pre-Code edge before the Hays Office killed all fun.
Director
Frank R. Strayer
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Frank R. Strayer directed over 90 films in the 1930s, mostly B-pictures like this — quantity over quality was the game.
Pre-Code Hollywood (1930-1934) allowed adultery, violence, and moral ambiguity as comedy — all vanishing until the 1960s.
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