MGM looks like PRC or Monogram in this hodgepodge. It picks up on characters in "Calling Dr. Gillespie" (on which I have commented.) Donna Reed is still in it but the man she'd planned to marry, now in prison, is another actor. He's OK but the original was very powerful.
Several plots are tossed into this stew. In one, Keye Luuke and Van Johnson are vying for the job of Dr. Gillespie's assistant.
Then we have the beautiful woman who offers Johnson everything -- except a hiding place from the call of hospital emergencies.
And we have a ward of little girls with a contagious disease. Margaret O'Brien is appealing as one of these girls.
Another story involves a vet who's lost his legs. This character is played with great intensity by William Lundigan.
And: the holdover. Is Reed's ex insane or is prison the right place for him? Far be it from me to answer that here. However, though this one contains the word "criminal" in its title, the first one was a tense noir and this is a pan of scrambled eggs.
Several plots are tossed into this stew. In one, Keye Luuke and Van Johnson are vying for the job of Dr. Gillespie's assistant.
Then we have the beautiful woman who offers Johnson everything -- except a hiding place from the call of hospital emergencies.
And we have a ward of little girls with a contagious disease. Margaret O'Brien is appealing as one of these girls.
Another story involves a vet who's lost his legs. This character is played with great intensity by William Lundigan.
And: the holdover. Is Reed's ex insane or is prison the right place for him? Far be it from me to answer that here. However, though this one contains the word "criminal" in its title, the first one was a tense noir and this is a pan of scrambled eggs.