When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....When Dr. Ernest Tindal's wife is murdered, evidence mounts to convict her lover, Frank Marian. But Frank knows he didn't do it.....
Richard Denning
- Vera's Naval Fiancé
- (scenes deleted)
Herbert Ashley
- Doorman
- (uncredited)
Robert Brister
- District Attorney
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaElizabeth Patterson repeats her role as Mrs. Ward from the earlier version, "Guilty As Hell."
- GoofsThe otherwise intelligent killer who so very carefully set up the frame should have destroyed the one thing that would expose his false alibi. Instead, he just left it where it was, enabling the investigators to eventually catch him.
- ConnectionsVersion of Guilty as Hell (1932)
- SoundtracksNo More Tears
Sung by Evelyn Brent
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A neat little frame
John Barrymore stars in Night Club Scandal which was a remake of an Edmund Lowe/Victor McLaglen film Guilty As Hell. In the previous film Lowe and
McLaglen are first billed and play the reporter and the police captain who first
solve a society murder and then have to solve it again when they suspect they've got the wrong man.
John Barrymore is the society doctor who kills his young cheating wife and frames her paramour Harvey Stephens. The reporter and police captain parts are done by Lynne Overman and Charles Bickford.
We know Barrymore did it, but the story is how first Overman then Bickford figure out it was a frame. Overman who was a Paramount regular plays his part like he was imitating Lee Tracy. Good, but a copy.
As for Barrymore he underplays effectively, no staged histrionics in what he does. The women's parts are Louise Campbell who fights for her brother Stephens and a nice performance from Evelyn Brent as Naish's wife and a nightclub singer.
Not a great Barrymore film, in fact a B picture from Paramount. Still those who like the Great Profile will like this.
John Barrymore is the society doctor who kills his young cheating wife and frames her paramour Harvey Stephens. The reporter and police captain parts are done by Lynne Overman and Charles Bickford.
We know Barrymore did it, but the story is how first Overman then Bickford figure out it was a frame. Overman who was a Paramount regular plays his part like he was imitating Lee Tracy. Good, but a copy.
As for Barrymore he underplays effectively, no staged histrionics in what he does. The women's parts are Louise Campbell who fights for her brother Stephens and a nice performance from Evelyn Brent as Naish's wife and a nightclub singer.
Not a great Barrymore film, in fact a B picture from Paramount. Still those who like the Great Profile will like this.
- bkoganbing
- Aug 13, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 10 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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