(4 of 4)
Like Black Fury and I am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Black Legion makes no effort to mollify its message. Robert Lord's vigorous story investigates the Legion from three angles: its effect on Tay lor, its purpose of making money for a crew of cold-blooded organizers, and its own mob activities of night raids, arson, beatings and finally murder. When fear of the police has forced. Taylor to kill his best friend, the picture comes to a climax in a courtroom sequence which achieves a new high for judicial severity on the screen. Good shot: A radio dramatization of Taylor's arrest handled by Director Archie Mayo so that it becomes at once an effective story device and a parody on The March of Time.