Giving this MGM "eastern" a second chance, I found it to be just as bad as I remembered. Not because of a flaw in the story, but because it could have better. Richard Conte is a doctor being given last rights before he is to be hung, found guilty of grave robbing, claiming that he needed bodies for scientific experimentation to aide a suffering humanity.
The film stars Wallace Beery in his last film and Marjorie Main, and I didn't find the characters as memorable or likeable as their previous ones, just putting them once again in period costume and giving Beery another "ah shucks" character, once again on the wrong side of the law. Edward Arnold is wasted in a thankless supporting role, and Vanessa Brown not exactly a sparkling screen personality. It's got the MGM gloss for sure, but outside of Conte and Main and a few minor supporting characters (Clinton Sundberg is always memorable), I could really do without having had to watch this again.
The film stars Wallace Beery in his last film and Marjorie Main, and I didn't find the characters as memorable or likeable as their previous ones, just putting them once again in period costume and giving Beery another "ah shucks" character, once again on the wrong side of the law. Edward Arnold is wasted in a thankless supporting role, and Vanessa Brown not exactly a sparkling screen personality. It's got the MGM gloss for sure, but outside of Conte and Main and a few minor supporting characters (Clinton Sundberg is always memorable), I could really do without having had to watch this again.