A wealthy man hires a detective to investigate his wife's past. The detective (Franchot Tone) discovers that the wife had been a dancer and left her home town with an actor. The latter is killed before he can talk, but, with the help of a showgirl, the detective learns that the wife had used stolen papers from a girl friend to enter college after she had stolen $40,000 from the night club where she worked. The detective eventually learns that the husband had killed his wife when he discovered her past in order to avoid a scandal, and had hired the detective to try and frame him for the killing.
To me the measure of a good film is one that engages you from frame one.
This one not so much. It's slow and plodding. OK if you have nothing else to do, but you might find your mind wandering.
To me the measure of a good film is one that engages you from frame one.
This one not so much. It's slow and plodding. OK if you have nothing else to do, but you might find your mind wandering.