NEW DRAMA OF CRIME.
AT ST. JAMES' TO-MORROW,
More thrills and drama' are packed into "Public Hero.No. 1," it' reports concerning this film, coming to-morrow to the St. James' Theatre, are correct, than have been included in many such dramatic pictures for months, even years, past. The main plot of the picture deals with a brand new theme—the relentless pursuit of a notorious "public enemy" by the intrepid agents of the U.S. Department of Justice, whose exploits are now being emphasised by the screen instead of those of the old-time gangsters. Chester Morris and Joseph Calleia play pivotal roles in the fast-moving plot involving the pursuit of « notorious criminal. Lionel Barrymore plays a physician, aligned with criminal gangs, and who in the end proves 'the boomerang ' ,1' " a Bang leader into the hands of i the law. A sensational prison-break, an . abortive stampede of 1000 convicts, breatlij taking running battles, in fast cars, of gangsters and their pursuers, and the raid • on the cangster hide-out. are anion" ' dramatic highlights of the swiftly-moving c story oi the heroism of the detectives.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 234, 3 October 1935, Page 10
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180NEW DRAMA OF CRIME. Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 234, 3 October 1935, Page 10
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