Michael Lanyard in several movies since the silent ones, follows the formula: Once a safecraker will always be a safecraker, so he is always blamed for things that he is innocent. There are more than 18 movies with Michael Lanyard with several actors and another serie that follows the same formula: since the silent movies: Boston Blackie also more than 18 movies with several actors and always blamed by the police.
In the talking era this was the movie that Michael Lanyard played by actor Melvyn Douglas decide to stop stealing jewels.
Final film of Maude Truax.
The Lone Wolf series with Warren Willian have always a very strong touch of comedy because Warren Willian sense of humor, helped by the dumb cops and his valet and many of the films ended in a funny way.