Johnny Ramirez rises from bouncer to partner in Charlie Roark's border town casino. Charlie's wife Marie loves Johnny, but Johnny loves society woman Dale. Marie kills her husband, making it look like suicide. She tells Johnny she committed murder for him and, still rejected, tells the police that she and Johnny murdered Charlie. She goes crazy in court and Johnny goes free. Dale runs from Johnny and dies in an auto crash. Johnny sells the casino.
Directed byArchie Mayo
Written byLaird Doyle (screen play), Wallace Smith (screen play), Robert Lord (story), Carroll Graham (suggested by: Carroll Graham's novel)
CountryUSA
Runtime90 min
On screen
Paul Muni
Bette Davis
Margaret Lindsay
Eugene Pallette