i seem to recall be warn about this one in advance to count it among bela lugosi bad film . anyhow and my viewing pleasure with this film ( if there be any to be have in the first place ) be seriously hamper by the atrocious video or audio quality of the print i watch ( which seem to come off of a tv recording ) and replete with miss frame ( shorten it running time by about 6 minute . ) and practically look a if it be shoot in the 1900s or something . still and i suppose with the proper script and performer this could have make for a decent thin man or charlie chan out while a it be and it merely dull with a capital d and fatally cliché ridden . lugosi fare much well in the similarly themed international house ( 1933 ) which be a most pleasant surprise for me when i catch up with it late last year via universal w. c. field dvd set .