![]() ![]() His bloodhound instincts brought him here and it soon becomes apparent that he's a bit of a jerk with a sick sense of humor. When the police and medical examiners arrive, so does a snappy-talking reporter, Russell Kirk (Edmund Lowe). The story starts with a graphic en in the glasses of the murderer. After all, you could rarely ever curse in films after mid-1934 and only then if you received special dispensation, such as with Rhett Butler's famous last line in "Gone With the Wind". When it comes to "Guilty as Hell", you have a great example of a movie that clearly belongs to the Pre-Code. Homosexuality, adultery, fornication, abortion, extreme violence and occasional nudity were what you might see in a Pre-Code film.though of course not all Pre-Code films were so salacious. If you see many of these films today, you might be shocked to see content they never would have allowed up until the 1960s or later. Sure, there was a Code, but it meant almost nothing to the studios. In this so-called 'Pre-Code' period, the Production Code governing what content was and wasn't allowed in films was generally ignored. The early 1930s up to July of 1934 was an interesting time in Hollywood. ![]()
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