star pat obrien and bette davis have not near as much time a juvenile actor junior durkin in this one . it another sociological drama from warner brother about juvenile crime . junior durkin be fresh off the farm in every sense of the word . the film open up with junior mom kill by a hit and run driver . junior go off to the big city to live with uncle and aunt charley grapewin and emma dunn . they have conman boarder in pat obrien and junior fall for his spiel and hook and line and and sinker . obrien a bootlegger and when his warehouse be raid and junior take the fall because he would not rat out his pal . junior go to reform school where the condition kind of open up his naive young eye a crack . i think you can figure the rest of the plot . grant that thing be more innocent back then even in hollywood before the code . but i have to believe that even audience in 1932 have trouble believe this kid could be that naive . also the begin scene be totally unnecessary with mom be kill . that storyline be leave hanging . i be wait for the driver to be catch and deal with and he never be . bad edit to say the least . warner brother get thing a whole lot well with james cagney in the mayor of hell the following year and then in a whole series of film with the dead end kid . bette davis be totally waste on a thankless role .