A fascinating pre-code Foreign Legion adventure stars character actor Victor Jory giving an excellent performance as a doctor accused of murder, going into hiding and falling in love with good girl Loretta Young as the law moves in.
Herbert Mundin is delightfully smarmy as Bimpy, basically his usual charming, cockney con-artists self, possibly not one whom Jory should be trusting. Vivienne Osborne is excellent as an obvious madame whom Jory has known in the past, jealously encountering Young and making it clear to the innocent lamb through insinuation that there's more than just a friendly conversation going on between her and Jory.
C. Henry Gordon is his usual hard-nosed military official, the officious military police captain out to bring Jory back to justice, and David Manners is Jory's rival for Young's affections. But the most surprising appearance of all is the unbilled Bela Lugosi as the foreign legion prosecutor who pretty much dominates the opening scene with a commanding performance.
Excellent photography and some great sets make this almost appear to be a Von Sternberg film, although Dietrich would have been quite different than Young had this been made over at Paramount rather than at lowly Fox.
Herbert Mundin is delightfully smarmy as Bimpy, basically his usual charming, cockney con-artists self, possibly not one whom Jory should be trusting. Vivienne Osborne is excellent as an obvious madame whom Jory has known in the past, jealously encountering Young and making it clear to the innocent lamb through insinuation that there's more than just a friendly conversation going on between her and Jory.
C. Henry Gordon is his usual hard-nosed military official, the officious military police captain out to bring Jory back to justice, and David Manners is Jory's rival for Young's affections. But the most surprising appearance of all is the unbilled Bela Lugosi as the foreign legion prosecutor who pretty much dominates the opening scene with a commanding performance.
Excellent photography and some great sets make this almost appear to be a Von Sternberg film, although Dietrich would have been quite different than Young had this been made over at Paramount rather than at lowly Fox.