The strangely titled Sinner Take All is a superior second feature that benefits from a good screenplay, excellent MGM production values, and a fine cast. Director Errol Taggart (who spent the early years of his career editing some of Tod Browning's best Lon Chaney silents, and also got second unit credit on 1932's Freaks) displays some talent with the camera, and there is excellent use of lighting, perspective, and montage thanks to cinematographer Leonard Smith. Also of note are the performances of Bruce Cabot as the hotshot reporter-lawyer on the trail of a serial killer and, of course, George Zucco, whose performance here surely anticipates the advent of C. Montgomery Burns ("EX-cellent!").
Review of Sinner Take All
