Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.
Acting
Tracy's motor-mouth manipulation is pre-code perfection.
Direction
Conway keeps the scam sequences tight and snappy.
Writing
Dialogue that treats ethics as optional equipment.
Director
Jack Conway
Lee Tracy
Joseph Phineas 'Joe' Stevens
Madge Evans
Dorothy Mason
Frank Morgan
Dr. Buchanan Prescott
Charles Butterworth
Floppy Phil Montague
John Miljan
John Calhoun
Virginia Cherrill
Miss Rutherford
David Landau
Kelley
Greta Meyer
Mrs. Mannheimer
Herman Bing
Willy
Samuel S. Hinds
Mr. Beaumont
Syd Saylor
Fred
Stanley Blystone
Policeman at Skating Rink (uncredited)
Ed Brady
Conspirator to Get the District Attorney (uncredited)
Clay Clement
Judge (uncredited)
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