After only three years of experience in movie production, Monogram Pictures had already found JUST the recipe that makes up a REAL good B mystery: an inventive, suspenseful Edgar Wallace story, a veteran actor of many a great silent movie, Noah Beery, as the star, and a VERY capable cast of all ages, from a pretty young nurse to an elderly lady who wants to enjoy herself without the 'protection' of her boring grandson, to make the movie REALLY lively! And as setting for this most unusual and entertaining murder/spy story - a steamer used for the first experiment with radio control over ships...
In just a little over an hour, we see about EVERYTHING, from mysterious strangulations to enemy spies' attempts to steal the control device to that good, old-fashioned, fancy 'scientist's equipment' of the 30s, with sparkling tubes and light bulbs that add a 'Buck Rogers'-like touch of science fiction to this lovely little thriller - a FEAST for fans of good old-fashioned 30s' mysteries; and surely at least a nice bit of 'Poverty Row' entertainment for everyone else!
In just a little over an hour, we see about EVERYTHING, from mysterious strangulations to enemy spies' attempts to steal the control device to that good, old-fashioned, fancy 'scientist's equipment' of the 30s, with sparkling tubes and light bulbs that add a 'Buck Rogers'-like touch of science fiction to this lovely little thriller - a FEAST for fans of good old-fashioned 30s' mysteries; and surely at least a nice bit of 'Poverty Row' entertainment for everyone else!