A somewhat risque pre-production-code story about a nurse (Stanwyck) who uncovers a plot to murder two children, Jones and Graham, fatherless heirs to a large fortune. The children's mother, Merriam, is an evil drunk who plans on starving them to death and then marrying her opportunistic
chauffeur, Gable, with the trust fund. Stanwyck confides in her roommate, Blondell, who suggests that she go to the police with the information. Gable, however, threatens to kill her if she starts talking. In order to make his threat more substantive, he delivers a savage fist to her jaw (he would
do the same thing some 20 years later in TO PLEASE A LADY). Instead of turning to the...
Released:
1931
Rated:
NR
Length:
72 mins