Richard Talmadge had at least ten or eleven separate careers in movies. This entry is his second last in his career as a leading man and daredevil stuntman. Although made on a very small budget, the movie moves along briskly enough and offers Talmadge plenty of opportunities to do more than a dozen of his daredevil stunts, although I must admit that the stunting here is not as courageous nor anything like as remarkable as is the case with some of his earlier movie appearances.
And I must also admit that it did not make my expectancy high to see the direction credited to Henri Samuels - an obvious pseudonym if ever there was one! But despite my initial misgivings, the director, whoever he was, did a reasonable job. And of course, the fact that he filmed this little cops and robbers saga on so many real roads and other real locations, helped rather than hindered my interest.
So what we have here is a movie made on a shoestring budget. Nevertheless, it's most certainly watchable, and it has historic interest, particularly if like me, you like to see what American cars and roads were like back in 1936 - to say nothing of the off- the- rack fashions presented by the presentable heroine, Lois Wilde! (Ironically, her career came to an abrupt halt two years later when she crashed her car when she lost control while speeding in Los Angeles).
This movie is available on a quite good Alpha DVD.
And I must also admit that it did not make my expectancy high to see the direction credited to Henri Samuels - an obvious pseudonym if ever there was one! But despite my initial misgivings, the director, whoever he was, did a reasonable job. And of course, the fact that he filmed this little cops and robbers saga on so many real roads and other real locations, helped rather than hindered my interest.
So what we have here is a movie made on a shoestring budget. Nevertheless, it's most certainly watchable, and it has historic interest, particularly if like me, you like to see what American cars and roads were like back in 1936 - to say nothing of the off- the- rack fashions presented by the presentable heroine, Lois Wilde! (Ironically, her career came to an abrupt halt two years later when she crashed her car when she lost control while speeding in Los Angeles).
This movie is available on a quite good Alpha DVD.