The old The World Gone Mad (1933) is not venerable, but another insipid morality tale of greed gone mad. Two businessmen running a mini-conglomerate have looted one of the subsidiaries, leaving the President of the subsidiary holding the bag, while arranging for the assassination of the District Attorney, which is to be made to look like he was meeting a lover for a tryst. From here on out it’s a sordid mess involving a newsman or two, the supposed lover, the new DA, the men who arranged and executed the assassination, and the vengeance of the betrayed President.
And, yes, there are sympathetic characters, but they are not engaging. This is very much a so-so effort.
