First off, Rose Strander, who plays Edward G. Robinson's wife, is one of the worst actresses ever... at least here. The parts between her and a lanky James Stewart, who hadn't hit his stride yet as an actor... the war would flesh him out, and he got really good under Tony Mann's direction in those Noir Westerns...
Conversations between the title character's wife and nice guy Stewart are torturous. Leaving the best scenes to Robinson in Alcatraz where one scene is shown in Woody Allen's greatest film...
This is not Edward's greatest film; far from it. Even Tiger Shark, also on blue cover Warner Archive DVD, is far superior. There's not enough toughness to be in the gangster or prison category or workable pathos as a melodrama, and especially fails as a romance.
Conversations between the title character's wife and nice guy Stewart are torturous. Leaving the best scenes to Robinson in Alcatraz where one scene is shown in Woody Allen's greatest film...
This is not Edward's greatest film; far from it. Even Tiger Shark, also on blue cover Warner Archive DVD, is far superior. There's not enough toughness to be in the gangster or prison category or workable pathos as a melodrama, and especially fails as a romance.