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(1931) Lowell Sherman, Peggy Shannon, Lila Lee, Berton Churchill, David Landau, Joyce Compton. Sherman gives a grand performance as a doctor who’s fired from his hospital job for being morally corrupt. He then sets himself up as a plastic surgeon, although he is completely unqualified. He seduces women, rips off his patients, and soon causes an operating room tragedy that lands him in criminal court. His ability to schmooze and con people is on full display during the final trial scene and the movie ends with a real bang—literally. As poverty row crime dramas go, this one is quite engaging. Sherman really makes you hate him! From 16mm.
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