by John Bush
synopsis
German immigrant Edgar G. Ulmer directed this melodrama with an all-black cast (including jazz legend Sidney Bechet), and shot the film in just four days. The story concerns a rich widow seduced by a gangster, and the man's attempts to get her money.
characteristics
- Dangerous Attraction
- Seduction
- Rich
- Seductress
- Widower
- Yakuza
- Music
- Wealth
- Mob
- Gang
- False-accusation
- Love
- Mafia
- Marriage
- Black [race]
