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Final Edition Reviews

1932
1 hr 6 mins
Drama
NR

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In this crime drama, a reporter pursues the crime lord in charge of laundering the town's dirty money. The new police commissioner vows to gather enough evidence to capture the head crook, who in turn murders the commissioner. Meanwhile, the intrepid reporter befriends the crime lord's assistant, tricks them both, and almost loses her life. Fortunately, her diligence pays off and she gets her great scoop.

A well-made crime story, with Clarke as the reporter who is going after syndicate head Wallace, who controls the dirty money in town. A new police commissioner gets the goods on the crime kingpin, so Wallace's men murder the commissioner and steal the evidence. Clarke gets friendly with Wallace's right-hand man, Page, outsmarting both him and Wallace, and nearly getting herself killed in the process. But in the end she comes up with the evidence and the best story of her life. Clarke, famed for having had a grapefruit pushed into her kisser by James Cagney in THE PUBLIC ENEMY (1931), had also played a featured role in the journalism-themed film that spawned this movie and a host of others, THE FRONT PAGE (1931). Pat O'Brien, who also starred in that film, reprises his tough editor role in this one.