The Arm of the Law: A Dusty Trip Through Old Noir Tropes
Should you watch The Arm of the Law? If you’re a sucker for grainy, low-budget mystery flicks where everyone talks like they’re reciting a telegram, then yeah, maybe. If you hate movies where the lighting makes you squint and the plot feels like it was rewritten on a cocktail napkin during lunch, you’re gonna have a ro...
The movie The Arm of the Law was directed by Louis King.
The Arm of the Law was released in the year 1932.
The Arm of the Law has an IMDb rating of 6.1 out of 10.
The Arm of the Law is a movie from United States.
The Arm of the Law is categorised as Adventure, Romance, Comedy, Mystery, Drama, Crime, Action in the cult cinema archive at Dbcult.
The Arm of the Law features Wallace MacDonald, Dorothy Christy, Robert Frazer, Dorothy Revier.
The screenplay for The Arm of the Law was written by Arthur Hoerl, Leon Lee.
If you enjoy The Arm of the Law, you might also like Lunatics in Politics (1920), A Sister to Salome (1920), The Great Shadow (1920), The Night Riders (1920).
Yes, The Arm of the Law (1932) is featured in the Dbcult archive as a curated cult cinema title, known for its Adventure and Romance qualities.
A cynical reporter and a gritty detective stumble through the messy aftermath of a nightclub singer’s murder. It’s a classic case of a divorce scandal turning deadly, mostly because someone always has a secret worth killing for in these types of stories.
Synopsis
A reporter and a detective team up to solve the murder of a nightclub singer who had been involved in a divorce scandal.
Review Excerpt
"Should you watch The Arm of the Law? If you’re a sucker for grainy, low-budget mystery flicks where everyone talks like they’re reciting a telegram, then yeah, maybe. If you hate movies where the lighting makes you squint and the plot feels like it was rewritten on a cocktail napkin during lunch, you’re gonna have a rough time.
The whole thing starts with a dead nightclub singer, which is basically the holy grail of opening hooks for these old noirs. We’ve got a reporter and a detective trying ..."
