A gangster's henchman becomes a hero after he is drafted to serve in the Great War.A gangster's henchman becomes a hero after he is drafted to serve in the Great War.A gangster's henchman becomes a hero after he is drafted to serve in the Great War.
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Ernie Adams
- Hood
- (uncredited)
Mischa Auer
- Hood
- (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
- Police Captain
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Doughboy
- (uncredited)
Jack Pennick
- Doughboy
- (uncredited)
Philip Sleeman
- Hood
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaOne of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by MCA ever since.
- GoofsWhen George Bancroft gets off the train and is greeted by Charles Sellon, there's an intruding and obvious shadow of a microphone across his chest throughout the entire sequence.
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George Bancroft is a gun man for a New York mob. When he ignores his draft notice, the MPs grab him, and the next we see of him, he's in France, slagging his lieutenant, Morgan Farley, as a coward. Farley hates Bancroft for his base mind, but admires his bravery, as Bancroft gets the Croix de Guerre and a promotion to major. Farley dies in his arms on the battlefield. After the Armistice, Bancroft goes to Farley's town to speak to his father, O. P. Heggie, and pretty sister, Esther Ralston. Impressed by Bancroft's bravery, they make him head of the local police force with a remit to clean out the gangs that have arisen. Bancroft sets to the job, but cuts a deal with his old gang leader, Warner Oland, to rob three banks at once.
It's still early days for sound at Paramount's West Coast studio, with the dialogue declamatory and buzzy, but under the direction of John Cromwell, the visuals are strikingly done under cinematographer Roy Hunt. The battle scenes, shot wild from a moving crane, are exciting and well covered by sound effects, and the post-war sequence showing Bancroft's evolution are believable.
It's still early days for sound at Paramount's West Coast studio, with the dialogue declamatory and buzzy, but under the direction of John Cromwell, the visuals are strikingly done under cinematographer Roy Hunt. The battle scenes, shot wild from a moving crane, are exciting and well covered by sound effects, and the post-war sequence showing Bancroft's evolution are believable.
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- boblipton
- Feb 20, 2023
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.20 : 1
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