A rare film in that it is a most minor effort from a most major actor who went on to essay the lives of so many important historical figures, such as JUAREZ, THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA, and THE STORY OF LOUIS PASTEUR as well as Al Capone in SCARFACE and Napoleon, Schubert, and Don Juan in
SEVEN FACES. This is a comparatively lightweight effort that came at the nadir of the Warner Bros. "gangster" cycle, although it was remade just four years later with Humphrey Bogart and Kay Francis as KING OF THE UNDERWORLD. Muni is a surgeon who has relocated in a tiny hamlet in an attempt to
change his life after the death of his fiancee, a deed he accepts responsibility for, thoug...
Released:
1935
Rated:
NR
Length:
74 mins