It's a short from the MGM "Crime Does Not Pay" series. A government official recounts the tragic case of Frank Davies to a group of reporters. Frank was a young man eager to get the bling and falls into petty crime to get it. He slowly descend in with hardened criminals.
It's standard. It's slow. The police barges into an apartment guns blazing. It would be bad police work today. All in all, it's a rather flat story until the interesting reveal at the end. It's a great little gimmick and morbid fun. That pushes this into passable territories.
It's standard. It's slow. The police barges into an apartment guns blazing. It would be bad police work today. All in all, it's a rather flat story until the interesting reveal at the end. It's a great little gimmick and morbid fun. That pushes this into passable territories.