John Stuart has a new spraying process for paint, which he takes to Derek Gorst at Frederick Culley's firm. Gorst is a sharp dealer, edging into outright thievery, and Stuart winds up in prison, with Gorst taking the credit for his work. When he gets out of prison, he goes to Gorst, and half threatens him, half inveigles him into a new contract, where he works on improvements to make the process practical. However, suspicion clings to him.
It's a pretty good Quota Quickie, despite the presence of Ronald Shiner. He was better known 20 years later, when he was a dull and usually uninteresting screen comic. Here's he 's a dull and rather uninteresting rotter, engaged to Nancy Burne, Culley's niece. His ineptness triggers several key plot points.
I was rather surprised that, trifle though it is, this movie was ably directed by George Pearson. Once he had been an important figure in British films, directing Betty Balfour in SQUIBS and sequels. Talkies hit him hard, and he was reduced to quota quickies so cheap that they were nearly unwatchable. Here the lighting is good, the camerawork and editing very good, and the sets fully decorated. I attribute this to his producer, Anthony Havelock-Allan; it's one of a dozen pictures he produced in his first year with that title, and he was quite obviously willing and able to get enough money to let Pearson do a good job.