Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin to distrust each other.Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin to distrust each other.Three crooks pull off a magnificent crime. As they're forced to hide out together they slowly begin to distrust each other.
F.F. Guenste
- Butler
- (uncredited)
Emmett King
- Bishop Vail - Chessplayer
- (uncredited)
Lillian Langdon
- Party Hostess
- (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
- Party Host
- (uncredited)
Arthur Millett
- Detective at Party
- (uncredited)
Robert Page
- Policeman at Mike Donovan shooting
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaA Jewel Production. Universal did not own a proprietary theater network and sought to differentiate its feature product to independent theater owners. Carl Laemmle created a 3-tiered branding system: Red Feather (low budget programmers), Bluebird (mainstream releases) and Jewel (prestige films). Jewel releases were promoted as worthy of special promotion in hopes of commanding higher roadshow ticket prices. Universal ended branding in late 1929.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Kingdom of Shadows (1998)
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Lessor Unholy Three
After their underworld father is shot down, children Raymond Griffith (as Roy Donovan) and Priscilla Dean (as Sylvia Donovan) are brought up believing each other is dead; they are separated, and raised, by other criminals. Wallace Beery (as Bill Hawkes), the "Stool Pidgeon" who played a part in her father's death, raises Ms. Dean to be an accomplished London pickpocket. Meanwhile, enterprising Mr. Griffith scams pawns as "The Mechanical Chess-player". Mr. Beery, who calls himself "Count Donelli" invites Griffith to join himself and Dean. Soon, the unholy trio travel to New York's Fifth Avenue; there, they plan their biggest heist.
Tod Browning's "White Tiger" is entertainingly performed, and directed. Later in the running time, Matt Moore (as Richard Longworth) makes the troupe a fine acting quartet. The story situation requires too great a suspension of disbelief, however. You'll may wonder why Griffith and Dean don't dope things out sooner (just for starters). The "White Tiger" referred to in the title is, by the way, the criminal element that lives in the heart of the unholy criminal: "Fawning and hating the strong, ready to ravage the weak, faithless suspicious cruel and savage, fearing no God trusting no man that's White Tiger in the heart of the crook!"
Tod Browning's "White Tiger" is entertainingly performed, and directed. Later in the running time, Matt Moore (as Richard Longworth) makes the troupe a fine acting quartet. The story situation requires too great a suspension of disbelief, however. You'll may wonder why Griffith and Dean don't dope things out sooner (just for starters). The "White Tiger" referred to in the title is, by the way, the criminal element that lives in the heart of the unholy criminal: "Fawning and hating the strong, ready to ravage the weak, faithless suspicious cruel and savage, fearing no God trusting no man that's White Tiger in the heart of the crook!"
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- wes-connors
- May 19, 2008
Details
- Runtime1 hour 26 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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