A reasonable but nothing more film about fake spiritualists, they should have foreseen it had a few problems though.
The Swami (Mischa Auer) is in demand for his mystical powers, this includes naive business men who get financial advice from him (no more dodgy than any other way i suspect) and widows who seem easily swindled by a rather lame act if we are to be honest. Jimmy (Earl McCarthy) a reporter is investigating the Swami and infiltrates the organisation. The Swami meanwhile is trying to swindle banker Walton (Ralph Lewis) out of his cash and his daughter Claire (Phyllis Barrington) too. Jimmy is in a bad place, the Swami's gang are prepared to use murder to protect their interest, and Claire - whom Jimmy is sweet on - thinks he is really part of the rotten swindle...
So, its OK for a B-movie crime film. The concept of the film is more promising than the actual execution. The acting is a little suspect, as is the plot but this is an interesting subject, spiritualists and the mystical powers of beyond were pretty big in the 1930s.
