There is low budget, there is no budget, and then there is "A Night For Crime". This is an astonishingly cheap movie, with few exterior shots and even fewer wide shots, probably to avoid exposure of the underdressed sets. Glenda Farrell plays a character very similar to her famous Torchy Blane (a reporter with a knack for solving murder mysteries), only without the same spark (though she has the occasional good line). Lyle Talbot is OK as the male lead, though he doesn't do anything that a hundred other male leads couldn't do in his place. Ralph Sanford has some amusing moments as a Gahagan-like dumb cop, though I found him funnier in "Adventures Of Kitty O'Day" (where he played practically the same part). The mystery plot is not uninteresting, however this film is overcome by its cheapness. ** out of 4.
Review of A Night for Crime
