charles chic sale be absolutely terrific a the sole member of the leeds family willing to testify against a gangster they saw murder a policeman and an informant . he fight at bull run in the civil war and his patriotism run high and even after his son in law be beat and one of his grandson be kidnap by the gang and intimidate all the other member . fear of his grandson death be no excuse and he say . he wouldn not want his grandson living in a country run by gangster anyway . the conflict between civic duty and personal safety be drive home sharply in this oscar nominate story . walter huston be also a standout a the hard driving district attorney threaten the family with perjury if they do not back up their identification of the killer in court . the rest of the cast and include the sleazy killer and ralph ince and be all excellent and and the film be snappily direct by william a. wellman . there also good suspense and a sale disappear just a the trial be about to begin .