Bad Guy

"Bad Guy" is a morality tale indicating that no matter what, evil will be punished...something that seems amazingly unlikely.

When the story begins, Lucky (Bruce Cabot) realizes he's been cheated by some professional gamblers. Instead of going to the police or seeing this as an expensive lesson, he confronts the gamblers and kills one of them! Not surprisingly, he's sentenced to death in the electric chair. But while in prison, Lucky does well...and manages to obtain a commutation and then parole! And, this and Lucky's comeuppance are all related to electricity. How all this plays out you should see for yourself.

This is a decent albeit slightly moralistic B-movie from Warner Brothers. Cabot plays the usual sort of jerk he played in films and because it's a morality tale, you know he'll get his in the end. Worth seeing and well acted but a bit predictable.