Detective Patrick Knowles is in the hospital for a rest cure -- he has a tendency to walk in the street in his pajamas -- and to wrangle with nurse Ann Sheridan.Wile he's there, a patient donates thousands of dollars' worth of radium. He's killed and the radium is stolen. It's up to Knowles to solve this mystery, because .... well, because it is. He'd better do it quick, too, because this is a one-hour Warners B from a novel by Mignon Eberhart.
As you might expect, that means this is directed for speed, and even the underdecorated sets and simple lighting emphasize this fact. Fortunately, the B cast members have not lost the ability to rattle off dialogue at top speed. It's a fair mystery, which is something. Cameraman James Van Trees gets a couple of overhead shots to spice up the visuals, but I think I'd rather read this one than see it on a screen.
As you might expect, that means this is directed for speed, and even the underdecorated sets and simple lighting emphasize this fact. Fortunately, the B cast members have not lost the ability to rattle off dialogue at top speed. It's a fair mystery, which is something. Cameraman James Van Trees gets a couple of overhead shots to spice up the visuals, but I think I'd rather read this one than see it on a screen.