Allotment Wives

Monogram showing some muscle making this one. For one, they had Kay Francis under contract. Sure it was towards the end of her career, but she wasn't as washed-up as many other were after the war. And she put on a strong performance here as a ruthless syndicate boss. Her partner in crime was Otto Kruger, and you know that'll work for the bad guy side. The effect, feeling like one was watching a good B-picture from one of the big studios, not poverty row where Monogram mostly dwelled.