Painted Faces

Think it deserves 7.3 stars. The plot wastes no time setting up the problem... deciding the fate of a man accused of murder. I give it credit for it's interesting plot twist and problems. Joe Brown does a decent job acting and also some amusing clown acrobatics. If you like old movies and keep in mind this was one of the first talkies, made in 1929, this is a good one. The story does go weak and too long in the middle. I didn't like the adopted daughter, but people were different 80+ years ago. If you liked Sidney Lumet's Twelve Angry Men, you might like this similar movie plot done 28 years before. (The sound quality was perfectly fine and understandable on the DVD I got from the library).