Someplace in here there was the germ of a good idea, and if made today, I think a well written script could make something of the concept. But what would be the point? In faking an associate's murder, reporter Jim Baldwin (Chick Chandler) winds up ascribing to the old adage, 'if anything can go wrong, it will'. Seriously, why would any reasonable person put themselves in this kind of predicament, even for the noblest of intentions?
Actually, the premise seemed reasonable at the outset. A man is convicted of murder in the opening scene, and the intrepid reporter rails against his conviction - "I say it's wrong to hang a man when the evidence is purely circumstantial!" A better thought out plan might have had Baldwin clue his fiancée in on the decision instead of leaving her out there to twist in the wind over his dubious judgment.
Gee, can you imagine what would have happened if the old codger Winters (Claude King) didn't come clean at the last minute? Jimmy would have gone to the chair and handed his circumstantial evidence baton over to the next poor sap to take up the cause. Is there a death penalty for dopey B movies?
Actually, the premise seemed reasonable at the outset. A man is convicted of murder in the opening scene, and the intrepid reporter rails against his conviction - "I say it's wrong to hang a man when the evidence is purely circumstantial!" A better thought out plan might have had Baldwin clue his fiancée in on the decision instead of leaving her out there to twist in the wind over his dubious judgment.
Gee, can you imagine what would have happened if the old codger Winters (Claude King) didn't come clean at the last minute? Jimmy would have gone to the chair and handed his circumstantial evidence baton over to the next poor sap to take up the cause. Is there a death penalty for dopey B movies?