"Duke" Gordon (Robert Armstrong), a circus lion-tamer, tries to tame his wife, Laura (Sally Eilers), just as he does his lions. But, she is a one-man woman, married to the wrong man, but refuses to cheat on her cheating husband even though her happiness depends on doing so.
Is it worth it? If you have a thing for dusty, black-and-white dramas where everyone is constantly shouting or looking miserable, sure, give it a go. It’s not exactly a barrel of laughs. If you need your movies to be fast-paced or have a clear moral compass, you’re probably gonna hate this. It’s messy, kind of sad, and...
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"Is it worth it? If you have a thing for dusty, black-and-white dramas where everyone is constantly shouting or looking miserable, sure, give it a go. It’s not exactly a barrel of laughs. If you need your movies to be fast-paced or have a clear moral compass, you’re probably gonna hate this. It’s messy, kind of sad, and lingers on uncomfortable domestic tension for way too long. I kept waiting for the circus stuff to actually be the point, but the lions are basically just props. They’re backgrou..."
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James M. Cain, Frank R. Adams, Casey Robinson
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