A fun entry in the Basil Rathbone-Nigel Bruce series.

These production-line pulp yarns -- Hollywood's Bazooka Bubble Gum -- couldn't have given the terrific Rathbone any sense of challenge or growth as an actor. Nor do they ask much of the viewer, but they can be undemandingly entertaining period bric.

In this very short film ... so much comic relief feels like desperate attempts to pad an already skimpy story.

It can be forgiven for its many flaws.