This better than average crime drama has a witty screenplay with delightfully eccentric characters, dumb criminals who are quick on the trigger but slow on the brain, and a beautiful heroine (Evelyn Knapp) involved with the undercover federal agent (Donald Cook) even though she's working for the big boss (Theodore von Eltz). Knapp talk tough, but when she realizes what she's gotten herself involved in, she changes her tune really fast.
The mixture of crime, comedy and romance results in a poverty row film that is pure entertainment, fast moving and well acted. Warren Hymer steals pretty much every scene that he's in, playing one of the gang members with a soft side who will most likely easily be reformed. The crackling dialogue makes this fly by in its just over an hour running time, and Cook finds himself in all types of scrapes as he immediately attracts suspicion from other members of the mob. Maybe not as crackling as "Public Enemy" or "Little Caesar" or "G-Men", but definitely worth seeking out nonetheless.
The mixture of crime, comedy and romance results in a poverty row film that is pure entertainment, fast moving and well acted. Warren Hymer steals pretty much every scene that he's in, playing one of the gang members with a soft side who will most likely easily be reformed. The crackling dialogue makes this fly by in its just over an hour running time, and Cook finds himself in all types of scrapes as he immediately attracts suspicion from other members of the mob. Maybe not as crackling as "Public Enemy" or "Little Caesar" or "G-Men", but definitely worth seeking out nonetheless.