Why this is better than the remake:
- it's shorter - the plan kicks in by 29 minutes, the pace is faster;
- it's contemporary so was made when there was a depression actually on;
- May Robson was unknown so you're not sitting there all the time going "that's Bette Davis";
- Glenda Farrell is a much more believable gangster girlfriend than Hope Lange and isn't given that boring backstory;
- having lesser known stars in the leads means it works better as what it is, a community story.
Entertaining and a pivotal film for Capra and writer Robert Riskin.
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