I AM THE LAW.
Edward G Robinson & Otto Kruger,
John Beal, Barbara O Neil, Wendy Barrie.
Dir: Alexander Hall, 1938, Columbia.

SYNOPSIS:
A law professor becomes a special prosecutor to clean up the rackets. Movies of this ilk (G Men and many others) were pretty much just gangster flicks but with a thumbs up from the censors: it's still all tommy gun shoot-outs, speeding cars, menacing hoodlums and fast-talking action. Which is just fine with me.

A Personal Note from EGR to Jack Warner:
"I read with no little surprise that you intend to do Juarez and Maximilian shortly. You will remember at the time that we discussed our present contract, that among other suggestions I made for future stories for me, Juarez and Maximilian was included. You were so enthusiastic that you incorporated it into our contract. I have suffered keen disappointment in the past with other stories - they were good enough for others but not for me. Knowing you Jack, you will do as you please in this matter, but I could not let this occasion go by without letting you know exactly how I feel."

"Juarez was made with Paul Muni, and Robinson was packed off to Columbia for I Am the Law."
- Alan Gansberg, E G Robinson biographer.

REVIEWS:
"A slam bang, rip-roaring meller that has all the elements of previous films inspired by DA Thomas Dewey's career."
- Variety.
"The liveliest melodrama in town!"
- New York Times.