That's the role that Richard Bennett plays in this highly convoluted melodrama in which new husband Norman Foster -- who later went on to direct a large number of B pictures, including many of Fox's Charlie Chan Pictures-- is found guilty of killing Reginald Denny -- who's not dead. As the picture starts, Bennett is trying to borrow money from Denny to defend another client of his, who's facing the electric chair at Sing Sing.
It all ends in a fairly exciting manner. I've given away enough of the plot already.
I wish to call attention to Merritt Gerstad's beautiful, shadow-filled compositions and to some wonderful scripting, mostly in the complicated manner in which Reginald Denny is portrayed. He is a nice guy -- with one teeny little character flaw that sets the entire plot in motion. It is the two of these that make this a remarkably compelling picture.
It all ends in a fairly exciting manner. I've given away enough of the plot already.
I wish to call attention to Merritt Gerstad's beautiful, shadow-filled compositions and to some wonderful scripting, mostly in the complicated manner in which Reginald Denny is portrayed. He is a nice guy -- with one teeny little character flaw that sets the entire plot in motion. It is the two of these that make this a remarkably compelling picture.