A 57-minute pre-Code crime romp where daddy issues meet gangbusters.
The estranged son of a newspaper owner returns to his father's good favour by unmasking a gang of criminals.
Direction
Esway squeezes maximum tension from minimal sets.
Acting
Gordon Harker steals every scene he's in.
Director
Alexander Esway
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Alexander Esway was an assistant to Hitchcock on 'Blackmail' (1929) before this solo directing credit.
Shot at Twickenham Studios as a 'quota quickie'—films made fast and cheap to satisfy British content laws.
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