by Hans J. Wollstein
review
Rod la Roque, who earlier had essayed the almost ghostly "The Shadow" in a couple of low-budget whodunits, comes down to earth with a thud in this murky melodrama filmed somewhere along the back alleys of Universal City. As a sign of the times, LaRoque is listed fifth in the cast despite playing the lead character, a police detective of undetermined origins, while Sigrid Gurie, who does little more than get herself kidnapped, is billed above the title. But towering over both is that venerable spook George Zucco, this time playing an Egyptian with a startlingly correct British diction.
