This is an interesting little family drama around three Irish brothers...one is a police officer, John, one is a doctor, Jimmy, and the third is a bootlegging gangster(but the family doesn't know because he is operating under a pseudonym)-Denny. The three converge for family dinners with their parents, Mrs. Nora 'Farrell and Mr. Tom 'Farrell, who are loving and supportive. John gets promoted to detective and gets engaged with his girl friend, Kathleen Doyle...which causes quite the family conundrum as Kathleen has accidentally met Denny under his pseudonym and John has been given his first task as detective to take him down. Not knowing that Kathleen is John's fiancé, Denny puts out a hit on Kathleen. But Jimmy is the first to find out who Denny is as his pseudonym...when he is called to his apartment for an injured man post a fight at one of his cocktail parties.
"He hasn't got enough blarney to win a girl like you"
"Cut out the Sherlock Holmes stuff you're off duty."- Denny
"The only place a man is safe nowadays is in jail."
I didn't quite know where this story was going, but I knew it wouldn't be good. I do find it interesting that the brothers collectively choose to lie to their parents. I'm also kind of glad that no innocents were taken out. This is the only film I have ever seen that starred three actual Irish brothers...playing three Irish brothers! The three Moore siblings had all achieved acting fame and I think this might be the only film containing all three together. It was fun to see George Raft have a little cameo, I didn't know he could dance! This was kind of a b-track for me, but it was enjoyable.
