
Driven to desperation by his young and extravagant wife, alienist Dr. Emil Brandt has arranged a perfect crime; now he begs the police to lock him up before he can commit it.
Cast

Jean Hersholt
Dr. Emil Brandt

Wynne Gibson
Mrs. Frieda Brandt

Stuart Erwin
Dan McKee

Frances Dee
Doris Brandt

Gordon Westcott
Gilbert Reid

Robert Elliott
Captain Tim Riley

David Landau
Lieutenant Frank Martin

William Janney
James Brandt

Bodil Rosing
Hilda Ericson

Torben Meyer
Eric Ericson

Samuel S. Hinds
Philip Ames

Eddie Baker
Detective (uncredited)

Marion Byron
Bridge Player (uncredited)

Harry Depp
Police Stenographer (uncredited)

Arthur Hohl
Announcer (uncredited)

Isabel Jewell
Bridge Player (uncredited)

Fred Kelsey
Police Guard (uncredited)
Pat McKee
Desk Sergeant (uncredited)

Harry Strang
Man at Police Station (uncredited)
Crew

William Beaudine
Director
Brian Marlow
Screenplay

Florence Ryerson
Screenplay
Jane Loring
Editor
David Abel
Director of Photography
B.P. Schulberg
Producer
James King
Assistant Camera

Ernest Laszlo
Additional Camera

Travis Banton
Costume Design
Philip Wisdom
Sound
Earl Crowley
Still Photographer
Walter Maria Espe
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