I love how the writer just mentions "the fiend" as if the audience knows automatically what everyone is talking about, what the fiend is up to, only giving details after "the fiend" is shouted by a bunch of ridiculously idiotic reporters several times. Reporter June Collier has been allegedly attacked by the hidden killer, assuming prison darts were responsible for the murders already committed, and by some dumb luck, puts two and two together and manages to get the right answer.
The fiend is spotted as a dark figure with a badly broken leg, hobbling along at a pace that a turtle could outrun. This has probably the most consistently dumb dialog (spoken in a tedious monotone) and ridiculously cartoonish characters which includes fellow reporter Lloyd Hughes, the idiotic Al St. John (whose schtick is instantly eye rolling) and of course the typical dumb law enforcement officers and district attorneys. The fact that the plot is set up for the journalists to solve the mystery (with the help of a playwright, Lawrence Gray, tossed into the plot) is a pathetic way for the mystery to be solved. This is B movie tedium at its worst.
The fiend is spotted as a dark figure with a badly broken leg, hobbling along at a pace that a turtle could outrun. This has probably the most consistently dumb dialog (spoken in a tedious monotone) and ridiculously cartoonish characters which includes fellow reporter Lloyd Hughes, the idiotic Al St. John (whose schtick is instantly eye rolling) and of course the typical dumb law enforcement officers and district attorneys. The fact that the plot is set up for the journalists to solve the mystery (with the help of a playwright, Lawrence Gray, tossed into the plot) is a pathetic way for the mystery to be solved. This is B movie tedium at its worst.