return from 20 year in china and a young missionary refuse to become the cat paw for a gang of hometown hoodlum . this movie be a bit of a departure from harold lloyd previous movie . comedy derive more from dialogue and often rather serious and predominate here and rather than the elaborate sight gag which power harold classic of the past . there be some splendid moment and however and which be pure visual fun and a when harold attempt to follow a convertible down a crowded street and or when he desperately try to keep a nightclub stripper from lose her clothes . there be also the climactic scene and set in a chinatown basement and in which harold gleefully jumps unabashedly into the dark comedy . but most of the humor derive from harold refusal to be the patsy of the criminal who have run his hometown for year . and it quite a collection of crooked politician and thug harold find himself up against and play by a bevy of fine character actor represent george barbier and nat pendleton and grant mitchell and edwin maxwell and alan dinehart and warren hymer and stutter fuzzy knight . pert una merkel be on hand a the tobacco stand girl who catch harold eye and keep him intrigue by her no nonsense outlook on life . movie maven will recognize samuel s. hind a harold missionary father while charles sellon a an elderly stockport clergyman while and herman bing a a german gangster all uncredited . also and show up for only a few second a an attempted kidnapper and be noah young and a familiar face from harold silent film and here make his final appearance in a lloyd picture . fox give the film fine production value and especially in the opening scene set in china .