Boris Karloff robs banks and Richard Dix judges them—pre-Code chaos with no heroes.
A mysterious phantom who calls himself The Reckoner vows to expose the crooked bankers who embezzled their company's funds.
Acting
Karloff's menacing stillness before his monster fame.
Direction
Ruben keeps 69 minutes lean and morally queasy.
Director
J. Walter Ruben
Richard Dix
Pike Winslow
Shirley Grey
Barbara Gerry
Purnell Pratt
John Kirk
Ruth Weston
Rose Harmer
Boris Karloff
The Professor
Edmund Breese
Frank Wells
Frank Sheridan
Charles Harmer
Alan Roscoe
Malcolm O'Neill
Nella Walker
Aunt Matilda
Paul Hurst
Doc
Carl Gerard
Cyrus Pringle
Robert Emmett O'Connor
Detective Brady
Phillips Smalley
Thomas Drake
Symona Boniface
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Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Karloff made five films in 1931; this hit theaters months before Frankenstein made him immortal.
The 'pre-Code' label matters here—post-1934 Hays Code would never let a criminal protagonist walk free.
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