This film essentially begins with a young lady named "Jean Oliver" (Claudette Colbert) being framed for a crime she did not commit and sent to prison as a result. Upon her eventual release, she meets up with a con man known as "The Fox" (Edward G. Robinson) who operates a small crime ring and needs a female to play the part of a phony psychic in order to obtain vital information on his victims. Naturally, since employment is difficult due to her criminal record, she readily agrees and soon becomes a valuable member of the team. To that effect, she then manages to convince everyone in the group to help her kidnap the young granddaughter of the woman who framed her and sent her to prison. What nobody realizes, however, is that a crime reporter by the name of "Gordon Grant" (David Newell) has been asked by the local police department for help in their search for the young child and he just happens to know Jean Oliver really well. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was one of those early sound movies which definitely shows its age with both the video and audio quality requiring some allowances. Likewise, it was rather poorly edited and the character development also suffered to a certain extent as well. Be that as it may, while I don't consider this to be a bad movie by any means, considering the flaws just mentioned, I have difficulty rating it any higher than I have.
Review of The Hole in the Wall
