] When he finally maintains a short moment of order, he instructs them: "You will employ the hour in writing an essay on the book you were given o read during the holidays.Foley surmised that Dent was going broke, so he planned numerous heists, framed Cain, then killed him in order to make it look like the case was over, as he escaped with all the profits - "Dent's not buying oil field equipment.And Jean Harlow exhibited her comedy potential (a carry-over from her sexy and wisecracking appearance opposite Clark Gable inRed Dust (1932)) and received a major career boost.It was produced by Warner Bros.- the studio responsible for the gangster films of the 1930s, and it seems appropriate that this innovative, revisionist film redefined and romanticized the crime/gangster genre and the depiction of screen violence forever.