William Powell is 'Natural' Davis, an honest gambler on the Great White Way. Wife Kay Francis has just had him served with separation papers and he's trying to get her to take him back, promising to give up gambling. She agrees, and he goes to collect his remaining I. O. U.s, only to discover that kid brother Regis Toomey is in town, trying to run up his $10,000 wedding gift, now $50,0000, from Powell into one hundred fifty grand. To cure him from gambling fever, Powell sets him up in the toughest game he knows, but the kid keeps winning. So Powell steps into the game.
It's a morality play, and Powell is not very good with the longer speeches in this one. Director John Cromwell offers some nice shots, and the visuals are quite good -- the mayoral race is on, with Walker against LaGuardia in the process shots. While the cast is always interesting, this doesn't show anyone off to advantage. With Jean Arthur and Stanley Fields.
It's a morality play, and Powell is not very good with the longer speeches in this one. Director John Cromwell offers some nice shots, and the visuals are quite good -- the mayoral race is on, with Walker against LaGuardia in the process shots. While the cast is always interesting, this doesn't show anyone off to advantage. With Jean Arthur and Stanley Fields.