While this B movie isn't necessarily a bad film, it's pretty generic in terms of both crime dramas and the type of elegant films that MGM was turning out at the time. Warner Brothers was much better at making films like this, and that's not surprising with contract players like Eddie Robinson, Cagney and Bogart. A few years ago, MGM could make these type of films with Gable, Tracy or Montgomery, but by the late thirties, they were Superstars and certainly not going to star in a programmer of this nature. so we get Bruce Cabot and Edward Norris, capable actorscertainly, but definitely not megastar quality.
They are brothers who are electricity workers for the city, and after a card game leads to violence, Cabot ends up in prison. by some miracle, he is released, and his struggle to re-enter society leads him to realize the truth about his brother, Norris. The love intetests are a pair of sisters, Virginia Grey and Jean Chatburn, andone of them is going to end up terribly hurt in the outcome of her relationship. Comic relief is provided by Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) who is called upon to give a demonstration of why children shouldn't play with electricity. the action sequences are decent and the film is short enough to be a possible time filler, but it's rather ordinary with nothing much to make it memorable.
They are brothers who are electricity workers for the city, and after a card game leads to violence, Cabot ends up in prison. by some miracle, he is released, and his struggle to re-enter society leads him to realize the truth about his brother, Norris. The love intetests are a pair of sisters, Virginia Grey and Jean Chatburn, andone of them is going to end up terribly hurt in the outcome of her relationship. Comic relief is provided by Ukulele Ike (Cliff Edwards) who is called upon to give a demonstration of why children shouldn't play with electricity. the action sequences are decent and the film is short enough to be a possible time filler, but it's rather ordinary with nothing much to make it memorable.