Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.Inspector Steve Trent tracks the stolen Cortez emerald, last pilfered by a murdered gangster.
J. Carrol Naish
- Mike Russo
- (as Carrol Naish)
Edward LeSaint
- Chief of Police O'Brien
- (as Ed Le Saint)
Robert Allen
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Earl Askam
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Chester A. Bachman
- Night Watchman
- (uncredited)
Arthur Belasco
- Detective
- (uncredited)
Don Brodie
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Frank Bull
- Radio Policeman
- (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
- Police Sgt. Brady
- (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham
- Police Officer
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLast in a 4 feature Columbia series starring Ralph Bellamy as Inspector Steve Trent, filmed June 4-13 1934.
- ConnectionsFollows Before Midnight (1933)
Featured review
Ladies crave indictment
This, the last of the Inspector Trent series by Columbia, starring Ralph Bellamy, involves a bored society woman (Shirley Grey as Gloria). She sits at a nightclub with her friends when one of those friends tells her about a gangster who wanted to hire him as an attorney. That gangster, Dan Terrance, happens to be in the same nightclub. He introduces them (Some friend!). Gloria tells dashing Dan she craves excitement, and Dan lets Gloria be the getaway driver when he steals an expensive emerald, which is apparently in a room with an open window, no burglar alarm, and no guards. Some people just don't deserve nice things. They make a semi-clean getaway, in that they get back to Gloria's place unarrested. Dan says he will send somebody to her to retrieve the emerald tomorrow. But he won't tell her who the guy is, give her a password, or anything. When the next day somebody shows up but only speaks in vagaries about what he is there for, Gloria is dubious about the authenticity of this person.
By the time the film is half way over, Gloria is regretting that the chose this path for excitement. No surprise since her new hobby involves high speed chases, kidnapping, crooked bankers (they've always been a problem, haven't they?), murder, and a whole other bunch of thieves she didn't anticipate who also want the emerald and will do anything to get it.
This is a fast moving little crime drama at under one hour. Columbia was a poverty row outfit, so they didn't have money for expensive sets, and it is obvious that several rooms are the same room with different set pieces. There is no element of mystery in this entry as there was in the others, and everything feels very rushed. The movie poster, with Trent's arm around Gloria, makes it look like they are romantically involved, but they are not. Trent is smarter than that. If Gloria would do this, who's not to say that some day, five years down the road, she would get bored with the kids and dishpan hands and go on a five state crime spree to blow off some steam? Pretty embarrassing for a cop looking to make it to retirement!
By the time the film is half way over, Gloria is regretting that the chose this path for excitement. No surprise since her new hobby involves high speed chases, kidnapping, crooked bankers (they've always been a problem, haven't they?), murder, and a whole other bunch of thieves she didn't anticipate who also want the emerald and will do anything to get it.
This is a fast moving little crime drama at under one hour. Columbia was a poverty row outfit, so they didn't have money for expensive sets, and it is obvious that several rooms are the same room with different set pieces. There is no element of mystery in this entry as there was in the others, and everything feels very rushed. The movie poster, with Trent's arm around Gloria, makes it look like they are romantically involved, but they are not. Trent is smarter than that. If Gloria would do this, who's not to say that some day, five years down the road, she would get bored with the kids and dishpan hands and go on a five state crime spree to blow off some steam? Pretty embarrassing for a cop looking to make it to retirement!
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- AlsExGal
- Mar 28, 2021
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- Runtime57 minutes
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