A pregnant newly-wed wife mistakenly believes her husband doesn't relish the prospect of fatherhood. Sally Eilers and James Dunn, two forgotten stars from the early years of talking pictures, spend most of their time wooing each other at the foot of the stairs that lead to the flat she shares with her bullying brother. The threat to their eventual marriage is the result of the kind of misunderstandings that arise when two characters fail to talk to one another in the way that all real people would. It's a cheap and lazy source of conflict, but Bad Girl still manages to entertain thanks largely to a lively and sympathetic performance from Dunn. Ultimately, though, it's let down by a weak ending
Review of Bad Girl
