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Show Gang Busting Epic Stirs Gem Crowds Painted against ths stark beck-ground beck-ground of a big city and replete with freeh dramatio turns which make it almost original among the more familiar typee of antigang-land antigang-land films, "I Am ths Law," opened Friday at the Gem theater. Edward G. Robinson Is convincingly convinc-ingly starred as a dynamic, gang-buating gang-buating prosecutor, while Otto Kru-ger Kru-ger givee a fins characterisation as the glove-emoolh csar of the racketeers. rack-eteers. , IdeoJa Are fMreeaod The story concerns tho Ideellstic aim of a law professor to rid the city of murderous gangaters. His chief encouragement comes from Kruger, a aupposedly respectable cltisen. One of Robinson's graduals attorneys, at-torneys, brilliantly portrayed by John Beal, is enlisted by the fighting fight-ing prosecutor as his crima-combat-ing aid. Ha Is Kruger a son. though Ignorant of his father's true charcter. Barbara O'Neil Is seen aa a competent com-petent helper of her professorial husband in his campaign, while Wendy Barrio Is a beautiful but vicious feminine adjutant to Kruger. Crime Orgy Stirs A veritable orgy of crime ensues as a result of ths campaign and this Is only haltsd whsn Robinson snllsts modern science, aa represented repre-sented by motion, pictures, on hie aide. The splsndid use to which the professor puts movies Is ons of the unusual plot angles of ths production. A nswersel, Andy Clyde comedy, Donald Duck cartoon and a musical short complete the bill. |