After the arrest of one of its members, the Crooked Circle, a secret society of crooks, plots vengeance against Col. Walters (Berton Churchill), the head of a rival organization on the side of law and order, and plenty of spooky doings follow at that man’s new home, an old mansion with a sinister reputation. Will the villains succeed in their plan? And what does the fiancée (Irene Purcell) of young Brand Osborne(Ben Lyons), who is now leaving the law & order group, have to do with the Crooked Circle’s plot? James Gleason is entertaining as a patrolman just trying to figure out what’s going on, and Zasu Pitts is likewise amusing as a flighty and easily frightened housekeeper. Raymond Hatton has a small role as a strange hermit.

  Recommended for fans of the genre. Otto finds this one pleasing enough to relax.

Movie 392 for 2021.