by Iotis Erlewine
synopsis
This early talkie is set in the mid 19th-century and centers upon a good-hearted riverboat gambler. The man takes on a group of criminals in New Orleans during Mardis Gras when he rushes in to save a young woman from ruination.
characteristics
- Politician
- Rape
- Political
- Mob
- Military-academy
- Mistress
- Rapist
- Rescue
- Wager
- Yakuza
- Sex
- Scandal
- Riverboat
- Mardi-Gras
- Mafia
