When romance gets in the way of the job of two reporters, what are they going to do? James Dunn claims he wants no part of the old ball and chain, but even as he proclaims that to sweetheart Mae Clarke, he is proposing to her. The ultimate reporting assignment threatens to stand in their way, ironically on the very day he agrees to stand at the end of the aisle as she marches down it. That assignment puts him literally behind bars trying to catch the scoop on the crooked goings-on in the prison where warden Sidney Toler is getting away with a lot of shady practices, particularly in allowing certain special prisoners to be temporarily paroled which opens up a lot of questions. Of course, there's always the chance that his identity will be discovered, and also the chance that Clarke will turn back to wealthy lover Neil Hamilton who desperately wants to wed her.
This is a basically entertaining, but sometimes trying crime drama with comic elements that features one of the oddest screen performances ever, in this case by Toler as the warden who delivers his lines in such a wooden manner I was surprise that woodpeckers weren't attacking him. It seems at times that the script stretches out some of the scenes to make it unnecessarily longer. One memorable moment between Dunn and Clark has him trying to explain the difference between the various types of women but not wanting to risk offending her, can't explain. "Come on", I just yelled at him. "Say it! There are ladies and then there are females!" (to paraphrase "The Women"). Overall, its pretty predictable, but keeps up a fast pace to make it a nice discovery of a forgotten programmer and featuring stars mainly known for character parts.
This is a basically entertaining, but sometimes trying crime drama with comic elements that features one of the oddest screen performances ever, in this case by Toler as the warden who delivers his lines in such a wooden manner I was surprise that woodpeckers weren't attacking him. It seems at times that the script stretches out some of the scenes to make it unnecessarily longer. One memorable moment between Dunn and Clark has him trying to explain the difference between the various types of women but not wanting to risk offending her, can't explain. "Come on", I just yelled at him. "Say it! There are ladies and then there are females!" (to paraphrase "The Women"). Overall, its pretty predictable, but keeps up a fast pace to make it a nice discovery of a forgotten programmer and featuring stars mainly known for character parts.