Tough head nurse Miss Keats (Jane Darwell) is a no-nonsense supervisor of nurses in the city hospital where a series of crimes leads to a murder. At under an hour, this film crams in more plot twist and convoluted turns than two hours of "The Thin Man", and adding in a bit of farce as well. The main plot concerns nurse Sally Blane's attempt to protect her brother from the police, and eventually, a body is found with a mistaken identity attached to it and various attempts by the writers to throw the audience off only makes it more perplexing. Thick accented Sig Ruman is imperious and sadistic as the chief of staff, and Joan Davis seems out of place as a clumsy nurse who makes too many mistakes in the hour that passes to make me comfortable even her just taking my temperature. Poor William Demarest finds that out when Davus pulled a thermometer off of the wall to take his temperature even though all he has is a serious stomach ache.
If Fox had plans to make this into a series, I'm glad they quickly changed their mind. Darwell is really the only thing to recommend about this film, reminding me of Alma Kruger's character in the "Dr. Kildare" series at MGM. I'm sure doctors and nurses who were forced to endure this on its bottom of the barrel release found either amusement as to how incorrect the script got the running of a hospital or even offended by its portrayal of members of the medical profession. At any rate, there are so many things wrong with the script alone that this does not become great under any circumstance except as a disappointment.
If Fox had plans to make this into a series, I'm glad they quickly changed their mind. Darwell is really the only thing to recommend about this film, reminding me of Alma Kruger's character in the "Dr. Kildare" series at MGM. I'm sure doctors and nurses who were forced to endure this on its bottom of the barrel release found either amusement as to how incorrect the script got the running of a hospital or even offended by its portrayal of members of the medical profession. At any rate, there are so many things wrong with the script alone that this does not become great under any circumstance except as a disappointment.