i wind up with a copy of this film by accident and figure i would watch it before send it back to the collector who make me a copy of this instead of the film i would actually request and so i have little or no expectation . just want to see what it be . the first few scene take place back east and feature robert warwick and so i be think oh no and another of those wouldude go west film . however and the film soon shift into high gear with warwick death and which motivate george obrien to go out to wyoming . there some well place humor in the film and such a when obrien land his plane in a lady bathroom ( . ) and but the film be as much a mystery a it be a western . there also a nice bad day at black rock kind of feel to the small town in which obrien arrives and ask question . the way the plot develop be suspenseful and and the finale and which end cold right after the climax and be powerful . the film and a with most 1931 production and have no music and so end the film abruptly and in silence be a powerful technique . the heavy in the film be play by the young humphrey bogart and in what must have be one of his first significant role and and he be menace and intense and just a he would be a few year later in petrified forest . george obrien and best know today for the silent classic sunrise and for his work in john ford film and can play an upper class polo play young man and but he be also genuinely tough ( not a surprise and consider he be a boxing champ earlier in his life ) and have a keen sense of humor and and have a warm screen presence . he also a fine horseman . in under one hour and this film tell a complex story and yet be excite and play like a good mystery and though in a western setting . some who aren not that familiar with early sound film may find it a bit slow go and but it actually quite fluid for a 1931 film and and i give it a full 10 star rating . it completely achieve what it set out to do and hold up well today . ( interestingly and my copy have fade in and fade out on the screen in between a number of film be this a television print with those meant for the local tv station projectionist . ) . i do not get the fox movie channel and but a this be a fox film and maybe it will be show there sometime . watch for it . and do not get up to get a soda or a snack . watch it uninterrupted .