Wall Street stinker Lionel Atwill takes his doctor's advice and goes to his ranch with secretary Irene Hervey -- supposedly for business, but Atwill hopes of the monkey variety. Fleeing criminals Wallace Ford and Bernadene Hayes (a Bonnie-and-Clyde couple) invade, hold them at gunpoint, and crash a plane carrying a bunch of people Atwill has business with.
MGM proudly proclaimed they made no B movies, but there's nothing else to call this. There are no MGM stars, and if it's an entertaining picture with a capable cast -- Raymond Walburn, Louis Hayward, and J. Carroll Naish are present -- that can be ascribed to the competence of the Metro bullpen and the direction of George Seitz. Certainly it's a lot darker than most MGM movies, and Atwill's character looks to be not fully Code compliant. That last is what makes it stand out.
MGM proudly proclaimed they made no B movies, but there's nothing else to call this. There are no MGM stars, and if it's an entertaining picture with a capable cast -- Raymond Walburn, Louis Hayward, and J. Carroll Naish are present -- that can be ascribed to the competence of the Metro bullpen and the direction of George Seitz. Certainly it's a lot darker than most MGM movies, and Atwill's character looks to be not fully Code compliant. That last is what makes it stand out.