The large, loud, bumbling wallace beery had won his oscar back in 1932 for champ. Here, he's breedin, in charge of a halfway house for recently released convicts. New guy john lorgan is full of rebellion and energy, and doesn't like following rules. Right away, he tests breedin. About this same time, breedin gets a huge cash offer for his farm back home. Watch for sheldon leonard, leon ames, and john qualen, who were sidekicks or thugs in so many films. Breedin finds that just because he's out of prison now, it doesn't mean he can't completely avoid trouble. Things aren't as easy as he though it was going to be. Learning lessons the hard way. It's not bad. A story about crooks trying to go straight. Directed by harry beaumont. He had started in the silent films. Beery would die the year after this was released at age 64. His brother noah would also die at 64. Who knew wallace was married to gloria swanson?? Interesting connection. Gladys george would die young at age 54, under suspicious circumstances.
Review of Alias a Gentleman
