A dramatic early talkie as a man who has committed a terrible crime fights to hide his true identity.
After shooting another man, the killer goes to the police to give himself up. He gives the fake identity of James Dyke (Paul Muni) and refuses to give his real identity, even as he faces the death penalty. Mary (Marguerite Douglas) thinks the mysterious man could be her long-lost brother and heads to the prison to see him and see if she is right...
A decent enough, if at times a bit melodramatic, film which suffers from a little too much cardboard in the acting department, though Muni was very good (and indeed he was Oscar nominated for the role). Interestingly, this early sound film includes a few inter titles as well as sound. The film does not answer all of the questions posed, which is both refreshing and annoying.
