A sunken-submarine drama without the submarine. Fired by boss Randolf, Fairbanks allies himself with the wealthy Edeson, makes millions in the market, and then goes to a basement speakeasy in New Orleans to arrange a victory party. Present at the illegal watering-hole are a variety of
wealthy people, bums, and shady ladies including Fairbanks' one-time love interest Revier, a former actress and now a woman of the streets. The floodwaters of the Mississippi River threaten to burst a levee and inundate the establishment, so quick-thinking proprietor Beery closes the airtight
doors of the gin mill (doors installed for just such an eventuality). One of the assemblage, ...
Released:
1930
Rated:
NR
Length:
69 mins