A newly hired police chief vows to clean up a notoriously corrupt police department. When he is murdered, investigators find that there is no shortage of suspects, most of them being fellow cops.
Acting
Reginald Denny's professor sleuth is unhinged in the best way.
Writing
Dialogue so snappy it threatens to snap the plot.
Production
Depression-era studio magic on a shoestring.
Director
Bernard B. Ray
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