There is a lot to be said about this movie, and many of the previous commentators have done so very well. A couple of things made me wonder a bit. Did the maniacal orator at the first meeting Frank attended represent that the filmmakers were starting to see some problems with European-style Fascism and National Socialism, and tying it in with a known American problem, the Klan? And then the scene with the Legion leaders, caring only for money, and not a whit of concern for ideology. Is that a warning to Depression-era middle classes not to trust seemingly populist organizations like lodges and unions? Just wondering. Anyway Bogart and the rest of the cast were quite good, but I found the movie preachy and condescending.
Review of Black Legion
