Woman Trap (1929)

In Woman Trap Hal Skelly is hardbitten police sergeant Dan Malone whose mission in life is to rid his community of gangsters The revelation that Dans own brother Ray is the secret head of all local criminal activities does not weaken Dans resolve in the least The barely relevant title is a reference to heroine Kitty Evans the wife of a minor gang functionary Screenwriter Joseph L Mankiewicz presumably on a dare makes a brief appearance as a crime reporter