Title: Unfortunate casting
Product review: A fairy tale about the Dr. Samuel Mudd arrested for aiding and abetting the Lincoln assassins, virtually none of it grounded in historical fact. Hard to know what motivated the making of it, especially in the casting of its protagonist Warner Baxter, a dull choice to carry the lead and to engender sympathy. It feels like Ford is treading water here until he sinks his teeth into his masterpieces a couple years hence. I've collected most of Ford's talkies and this one is definitely a lesser effort. The better choices for mid-30s Ford are two with Will Rogers, Dr. Bull and Judge Priest, The lost Patrol, and of course The Informer.
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