"Let 'em Have It" is a mis-titled story of the training and exploits of three Department of Justice (not FBI..J.Edgar must have not given his approval) Investigation Branch agents: Mal Stevens (Richard Arlen), Van Remessler (Harvey Stephens) and Tex Logan (Gordon Jones). Eleanor Spencer, a socialite, is an acquaintance of Van who introduces her to Mal at a party. Val takes an interest. Of course, it doesn't matter that Eleanor is filthy rich and has a loopy Aunt Ethel (Alice Brady) as well.
The Spencer family chauffeur Joe Keefer (Bruce Cabot) laments to his parents (J. Farrell MacDonald, Bodil Rosing), about his station in life and that he plans to be rich like the Spencer's some day. Keefer engineers a kidnap attempt of Eleanor but it is foiled by the G-Men. Keefer is jailed for his part in the crime. He later escapes and forms a gang with the likes of Harry Woods and Paul Fix, that terrorizes the country with a series of bank hold-ups.
Meanwhile, Eleanor's brother Buddy (Eric Linder) joins the G-men much to the dismay of Eleanor. Buddy trails Keefer's moll Lola (Dorothy Appleby) to a rooming house where the gang is hiding out, unbeknownst to him. The green rookie Buddy is caught by Keefer and murdered. The gang then flees to a rural hide-out.
Keefer attempts to have his facial features altered by a plastic surgeon after which the surgeon id killed. He has the last laugh when upon removing the facial bandages, Keefer discovers the wily old doctor had etched Keefers initials on his face. The feds manage to capture Lola and fool her into revealing the location of the gang's hide out.
The G-men close in on Keefer and his gang and...............................................
A period piece to be sure and not unlike James Cagney's "G-Men" released the same year. Arlen was no Cagney giving a wooden performance as the chief agent. I was surprised to Gordon Jones in the picture. I didn't think his career went back that far. He couldn't have been more than in his early twenties at the time.
The Spencer family chauffeur Joe Keefer (Bruce Cabot) laments to his parents (J. Farrell MacDonald, Bodil Rosing), about his station in life and that he plans to be rich like the Spencer's some day. Keefer engineers a kidnap attempt of Eleanor but it is foiled by the G-Men. Keefer is jailed for his part in the crime. He later escapes and forms a gang with the likes of Harry Woods and Paul Fix, that terrorizes the country with a series of bank hold-ups.
Meanwhile, Eleanor's brother Buddy (Eric Linder) joins the G-men much to the dismay of Eleanor. Buddy trails Keefer's moll Lola (Dorothy Appleby) to a rooming house where the gang is hiding out, unbeknownst to him. The green rookie Buddy is caught by Keefer and murdered. The gang then flees to a rural hide-out.
Keefer attempts to have his facial features altered by a plastic surgeon after which the surgeon id killed. He has the last laugh when upon removing the facial bandages, Keefer discovers the wily old doctor had etched Keefers initials on his face. The feds manage to capture Lola and fool her into revealing the location of the gang's hide out.
The G-men close in on Keefer and his gang and...............................................
A period piece to be sure and not unlike James Cagney's "G-Men" released the same year. Arlen was no Cagney giving a wooden performance as the chief agent. I was surprised to Gordon Jones in the picture. I didn't think his career went back that far. He couldn't have been more than in his early twenties at the time.