The World Gone Mad
The World Gone Mad ★★½ The Public Be Hanged; Public Be Damned 1933
During Prohibition, a tough reporter discovers the district attorney is the intended victim of a murder plot involving crooked Wall Street types. Full circle: this interesting drama of white-collar crime is again topical, though dialogue heavy and desultory. 70m/B VHS, DVD . Pat O'Brien, Louis Calhern, J. Carrol Naish; D: Christy Cabanne.
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