Starkly redolent of Sinclair Lewis' 1920 novel
Main Street, this picture grimly studies the dark side of small town life. Gossipmongers, bigots, Babbitts, and hypocrites gather around the cracker barrel to destroy the lives of the innocent. The peaceful Scott is victimized as a result of
his unfulfilled love for Hohl's wife, Johnson. Through innuendo and deceit, the yokels drive Hohl to make an unsuccesful attempt on Scott's life in the belief that the latter has cuckolded him. During brief intervals of boredom, they also conspire to drive another townsman to suicide. Unrelieved
by any touch of humor, this film was seen as one of the worst in the career of a...
Released:
1935
Rated:
NR
Length:
80 mins