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Zandy wants a son and heir

as his appearance as The Professor preceded his career-making role in Frankenstein by mere months

Norma (Davis)

Directed by Roy Rowland (Meet Me in Las Vegas)

The other fine star of this race-against-the-clock programmer is an unglamorous

Crack-Up "Shirts" Zandy wants a son andAfter a train wreck sends art critic George Steele (Pat O'Brien) into a mental tailspin, he's fired from his job at a New York art museum. Seems unjust until you learn there was no train wreck. This relentless, nervy film noir explores the sinister world of violence and the monied world of aesthetics as Steele's attempt to reconstruct what really happened leads him to murder, mania and an international conspiracy that threatens the museum's