Barbara Stanwyck is a "Night Nurse" in this 1931 film also starring Joan Blondell, Ben Lyon and Clark Gable. Stanwyck and Blondell stumble on a murder for trust fund plot, and Stanwyck gets help from a bootlegger she helped when he was shot.
I like what one of the IMDb reviewers said, that this was an "evil of the big city" film for those audiences who didn't live in one. Stanwyck faces down a crooked doctor and an evil chauffeur (Gable) to thwart this plot, though she's warned it's best not to make waves. Stanwyck is very good, showing her tough side with the criminals and her sweet side with the children. Gable, with no mustache, looks very handsome in his chauffeur outfit and acts menacing. He definitely always had a strong presence. Blondell is the wisecracking, streetwise nurse - her part is smaller than Stanwyck's.
The young women do a lot of parading around in their underwear and there's lots of sexual talk between the lines - this is pre-Code. Worth seeing for work of these early stars, and pre-code films are usually interesting.
I like what one of the IMDb reviewers said, that this was an "evil of the big city" film for those audiences who didn't live in one. Stanwyck faces down a crooked doctor and an evil chauffeur (Gable) to thwart this plot, though she's warned it's best not to make waves. Stanwyck is very good, showing her tough side with the criminals and her sweet side with the children. Gable, with no mustache, looks very handsome in his chauffeur outfit and acts menacing. He definitely always had a strong presence. Blondell is the wisecracking, streetwise nurse - her part is smaller than Stanwyck's.
The young women do a lot of parading around in their underwear and there's lots of sexual talk between the lines - this is pre-Code. Worth seeing for work of these early stars, and pre-code films are usually interesting.