Warren William has to rank up there with the fine comic actors. He has the wrong face for it, but he brilliant in this one. He and Cagney and Blondell and Farrell did a of good things in the early 30s. The plot is completely zany and well written. The relationship with his ex-girlfriend(and her behavior) and her messed up family was fascinating in its complexity. The end with him standing on a widow ledge after faking suicide and proposing to Joan was clever. Early Curtiz work. Great!