Accomplice was the "pilot" for a proposed PRC series based on
Frank Gruber's short-tempered detective hero Simon Lash. Commendably,
Richard Arlen plays Lash as written-brusque, nasty, antisocial. The plot gets under way when socialite Joyce Bonniwell (
Veda Ann Borg) hires Lash to located her missing husband Jim (
Edward Earle). The fact that Joyce is Lash's former sweetheart heightens the detective's interest in the case-so much so that, for most of the film's running time, he doesn't realize that he's being set up by a pair of extremely clever con artists. Four murders later, however, Lash ties up all the loose ends and turns the crooks over to the authorities. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide