this be one of the less know fritz lang flick and and be a good representative of it era represent it basically be about how blood thirsty society misjudges and mistreat some of it member and make them murderer ( my favorite one of that kind must be a little later the talk of the town with cary grant ) . you can see why lang be regard a one of the master of german expresionism some shot be really weird ( check the shot of the courthouse somewhere in the beginning of the movie ) and he use strange camera angle and which will later be repeat in many film noirs . unfortunately the film suffers from several plot hole . it be not really clear how the gun end up on taylor hospital bed and etc . but i can recommend the movie despite it shortcoming . if youre a fritz lang fan you musn not miss it . if youre a film noir fan and you shouldn not miss it because of some of his element that will be find be such masterpiece a the scarlet street or the big heat . if youre a movie fan in general you be strongly advise to see it and and you will not waste the 85 minute of your life .