An interesting if not especially thrilling drama set in the Art Deco glory of the Empire State Building. This is the story of the lives of a number of workers in the building, from crooked executive down to hard working secretary. Burns (Clay Clement) is that crooked executive, his investments are going South so he uses other people's money to prop things up. He chases skirt as much as he chases cash.
His employee, Mary (Mary Harper) dreams of a fancy house with her man Jimmy (James Hall). Burns is as keen to get his hands on her hard earned money as he is her. It doesn't end well for either of them, though especially Burns who certainly makes a grand exit...
Although the film doesn't enter high gear it certainly has enough to keep your interest. There is plenty of good dialogue, varied characters and interesting camera effects to make it a perfectly acceptable B movie. The real star of the film is the building.
