Day of Reckoning
SHE WANTED THE ROMANCE THAT WAS DENIED TO HER!
1933 · 1h 9m · Passed
Drama
Directed by
Charles Brabin
Overview
In this brutal prison drama a hen-pecked husband is sentenced to prison after getting caught with his hand in the company till. He is sent to a high-rise facility in LA. It seems the fellow was only following the instructions of his domineering, constantly nagging wife who, as soon as he is put away, takes up with a more successful businessman. This causes her new lover's ex-lover to get insanely jealous and kill the conniving wife.
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