The Boss of Big Town

Racketeers are moving into Big Town. They've organized a protection racket against the dairies, forcing them to raise the price of milk by three cents a quart. Only Assistant District Attorney John Litel, operating under the orders of H.B. Warner opposes them. Even their victims go into court to lie about why the prices are up.

Wait a minute. Wasn't this a 20-minute CRIME DOES NOT PAY short? Yes it was, THE PUBLIC PAYS(1936). Despite the excellence of the acting, this is a slowly executed feature from PRC. Despite the work of director Arthur Dreifuss, it is a drawn-out affair that goes over its plot points with such deliberation that I wish it would get on with it.... say, in a 20-minute short.