Greenes Please don't spend money on this.

Pacionsbo Absolutely Fantastic

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

dougdoepke Fast-paced, if rather muddled, programmer from MGM. The stars - McCrea & O'Sullivan - prove more likable than the story. Seems O'Sullivan's slated for execution for a murder she didn't commit. However, she's sprung for unknown reasons by a racketeer, and aided in her escape by lawyer McCrea. Together, they thread through a series of escapes from the cops and gangsters. But will she ever be cleared of the murder.The story's played in fairly light-hearted fashion and is occasionally amusing, especially when the fetching O'Sullivan plays hide-and-seek with McCrea's feisty fiancée (Ames) in his apartment. Also, relative unknown Robert Greig scores humorously as the butler Peebles. Then too, director Seitz manages to helpfully cover up much of the murky narrative with fast pacing. However, it surprises me that ritzy MGM didn't come up with better projection screens for the action shots behind both boats and cars. All in all, the movie fails to rise above programmer status, even though the two leads show how ready they are for bigger and better things.

MartinHafer "Wanted Woman" has a nice cast, but is so poorly written that they are entirely wasted. Had the MANY plot holes been plugged, it could have been a cute comedy/mystery picture.The film begins with Ann (Maureen O'Sullivan) being convicted of murder. However, since she is an adorable leading lady, you know she's innocent. So, when she manages to escape custody, you know that she'll eventually be able to prove her innocence. True to the formula (used many times by Alfred Hitchcock in such films as "The 39 Steps" and "The Girl Was Young" AND "Saboteur"), you know she'll soon meet up with a nice member of the opposite sex (Joel McCrea) who will have a lengthy adventure with her.The film fails repeatedly because again and again, folks behave irrationally--making decisions that simply make no sense. Why does the guy help and escaped convicted murderer?! Why would he then drive drunk? Why does his butler automatically do the same and repeatedly lie to the police and obstruct justice? Why would the guy run off at the end and try to solve the crime all by himself--isn't that what police are supposed to do? The bottom line is that although the couple have nice chemistry and I loved the butler, Peedles (Robert Greig), the film failed repeatedly due to sloppy writing.

moviejoe79 I watched this movie mostly to see Maureen O'Sullivan and Joel McCrea starring together. Both of them are all but forgotten in today's world and they're not thought of as 'A' list classic Hollywood stars. However in 1935 both were at the top of their game, starring and co-starring in one movie after another. This MGM suspense/murder mystery/action film was a lot more entertaining than I expected. It moves at a fast pace and the script is pretty tight. O'Sullivan is the last actress you'd expect to see as a wanted murderess but that's exactly why it works. She's vulnerable yet tough and has the ability to say so much with her facial expressions, let alone the dialogue. McCrea as the dashing lawyer that comes to her aid is perfect. He's his usual, cool, everyman self, even though he's the hero throughout. I've always liked that about his performances, anything he does he makes believable. Try to catch it the next time it's on TCM.

Harri85274 I caught this garbage today and I don't know about the previous reviewers..one calling it a classic. I always found Marie O'Sullivan a plane Jane. No pun intended ( Jane in Tarzan ). One called her seductive....please. It might of passed the year it was made, 1935 as a "B" movie as a second feature for a double bill which was popular in those days. Great acting? I think not...the dialog even in the contest of the early '30's sounded ridiculous. Joel McCrea was completely wasted here, but obviously he had not arrived at his peak of his popularity as leading man. Robert Grieg, the butler was humorous and thats about it. My TV guide gave it 1 star out of 4...even that was being generous.