A crooked doctor. A bootlegger hero. A heroine who socks people.
Child abuse! Drunkenness! Gun-pointing!
You can really tell this one is pre-Production Code.
(The shady physician's pronounced facial tic will remind many Canadians immediately of a certain discredited Olympic sports doctor.)
Barbara Stanwyck is good in an early role, and Joan Blondell, well, what a shameless scene-stealer.
Then there's those subjective camera shots from inside the careering ambulance! Whoa! It's just like "Cinerama"! Grab onto something quick