Randolph Scott doesn't just police the road. As the lecturer for a mandatory traffic school, he shows those who break traffic laws what can happen when traffic laws aren't obeyed. Yes, it is not very subtle, pbut then again message films of the 1930s which covered many topics never were. This was during the first decade of sound so what better way to educate the public on the breaking of laws then by hitting them over the head with it? More than 80 years later, this is still topical as it deals with the are responsibilities of flaming youth, as wild back then as it is now.
We have Frances Drake and her brother Tom Brown, presumably spoiled rich kids who have no idea what responsibility is and only out for their own joyride. After Scott has stopped Drake four times for speeding, she is taken to traffic school where she witnesses the horrifying realities of a car accident and what happens to those involved in them. A chance encounter with Scott on the road results in them starting to date, but thanks to Brown, Drake is put on trial for allegedly causing a bus accident that killed several children. She ends up in jail, but Scott's investigation leads to facts that might help acquit her.
Sincere performances and a decent screenplay aids this melodrama in becoming unimportant to look at an important subject. Certainly there are elements of non-reality in here that will have some rolling their eyes, but other parts of the story will keep the audience gripped. It is a decent, if not perfect programmer, featuring comic performances by Fuzzy Knight as an associate of Scott's and Walter Catlett as the agent selling a model home that Scott and Drake stop in to see. It is obviously a product of its time in how its sends its message, and if upon viewing at, modern audiences think about their own driving, then it has accomplished a lot.
We have Frances Drake and her brother Tom Brown, presumably spoiled rich kids who have no idea what responsibility is and only out for their own joyride. After Scott has stopped Drake four times for speeding, she is taken to traffic school where she witnesses the horrifying realities of a car accident and what happens to those involved in them. A chance encounter with Scott on the road results in them starting to date, but thanks to Brown, Drake is put on trial for allegedly causing a bus accident that killed several children. She ends up in jail, but Scott's investigation leads to facts that might help acquit her.
Sincere performances and a decent screenplay aids this melodrama in becoming unimportant to look at an important subject. Certainly there are elements of non-reality in here that will have some rolling their eyes, but other parts of the story will keep the audience gripped. It is a decent, if not perfect programmer, featuring comic performances by Fuzzy Knight as an associate of Scott's and Walter Catlett as the agent selling a model home that Scott and Drake stop in to see. It is obviously a product of its time in how its sends its message, and if upon viewing at, modern audiences think about their own driving, then it has accomplished a lot.