Director: DANNY DARE. Screenplay: Lee Loeb. Story: Harold Shumate. Photography: Allen G. Siegler. Film editor: Al Clark. Music director: Morris Stoloff. Western Electric Sound System. Producer: Ralph Cohn.
Copyright 5 March 1938 by Columbia Pictures Corporation of California, Limited. New York opening at the Globe: 19 June 1938. U.S. release: 5 May 1938. Australian release: 18 August 1938. 6 reels. 55 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A champion heavyweight is abducted after the preliminaries. The detective assigned to the case is especially anxious to find the champion and return him to the ring.
COMMENT: There's plenty of action and incident in this well-produced "B"-feature and director Danny Dare keeps it coming at a smart clip. The cast proves agreeable and production values rate as more than serviceable. The script keeps the kidnapping plot suspenseful as well as exciting, while the solution comes across as nicely off-beat. The dialogue flows fast and the comic business with Miss Wells is most happily handled.
Admittedly, the plot has elements which have been used in many "A"-features, such as the stake-out at the railroad station, but the handling here, despite the budget limitations, cannot be faulted. Other technical credits are also more than adequate. All in all, a superior "B".
OTHER VIEWS: One of the best "B" pictures of the year... A gem... Another recommendation is the pretty presence of Jacqueline Wells. - B.R. Crisler in "The New York Times".
Copyright 5 March 1938 by Columbia Pictures Corporation of California, Limited. New York opening at the Globe: 19 June 1938. U.S. release: 5 May 1938. Australian release: 18 August 1938. 6 reels. 55 minutes.
SYNOPSIS: A champion heavyweight is abducted after the preliminaries. The detective assigned to the case is especially anxious to find the champion and return him to the ring.
COMMENT: There's plenty of action and incident in this well-produced "B"-feature and director Danny Dare keeps it coming at a smart clip. The cast proves agreeable and production values rate as more than serviceable. The script keeps the kidnapping plot suspenseful as well as exciting, while the solution comes across as nicely off-beat. The dialogue flows fast and the comic business with Miss Wells is most happily handled.
Admittedly, the plot has elements which have been used in many "A"-features, such as the stake-out at the railroad station, but the handling here, despite the budget limitations, cannot be faulted. Other technical credits are also more than adequate. All in all, a superior "B".
OTHER VIEWS: One of the best "B" pictures of the year... A gem... Another recommendation is the pretty presence of Jacqueline Wells. - B.R. Crisler in "The New York Times".
