It's nice to see comic legend Leon Errol playing against type in this two reeler comedy about a smug know-it-all who needs more than just a fine, smack on the wrist and short jail sentence. He's what you would refer to today as a male "Karen", testing the law in every way possible to see what he can get away with, and finally, when the law and his wife (Anita Garvin) have had enough, they decide to teach him a lesson. He is brought into court on a charge of trying to bribe a police officer where crimes from his past, even inconsequential ones, are brought up, and Garvin brings in her divorce attorney.
Errol of course is aghast that he is being set up for public humiliation like this, but the courts have no sympathy for his nonsense and threatened to throw the book at him for every little infraction he has attempted over the years. It's clever and timeless, and Errol, who usually played the henpecked husband in the wrong place at the wrong time or seen with the wrong person in innocent situations, plays this unique challenging role for all it is worth.
Errol of course is aghast that he is being set up for public humiliation like this, but the courts have no sympathy for his nonsense and threatened to throw the book at him for every little infraction he has attempted over the years. It's clever and timeless, and Errol, who usually played the henpecked husband in the wrong place at the wrong time or seen with the wrong person in innocent situations, plays this unique challenging role for all it is worth.