This is a very well written but slow moving 20th Century Fox B movie about the sudden murder of a powerful businessman and the sudden arrival of someone who claims to have committed the murder when someone else is accused. Lloyd Nolan is a great man of mystery as he steps up and all of a sudden confesses to killing Onslow Stevens. Who he is and why he killed Stevens becomes the mystery, and it's an intriguing one.
Jean Rodgers co-stars as the young lady who may or may not be Nolan's sister, with Richard Clarke, Eric Blore, Irving Bacon, Joan Valarie and Mae Marsh and support. The film includes some flashbacks to the events of World War I where Nolan and Stevens first encountered each other and includes some amusing humor in the opening scenes involving a gorilla costume. Nolan is soft spoken and dignified, so audience sympathy is definitely on his side. A surprisingly thoughtful story, and one of the better B films from Fox.
Jean Rodgers co-stars as the young lady who may or may not be Nolan's sister, with Richard Clarke, Eric Blore, Irving Bacon, Joan Valarie and Mae Marsh and support. The film includes some flashbacks to the events of World War I where Nolan and Stevens first encountered each other and includes some amusing humor in the opening scenes involving a gorilla costume. Nolan is soft spoken and dignified, so audience sympathy is definitely on his side. A surprisingly thoughtful story, and one of the better B films from Fox.