Poorer than Columbia in the first few years after the Laemmles lost control, Universal put out some quality films that were fast moving, maybe had only one well known player in the cast, and not needing much in the way of art design. This is one of those films.
And if Warner Brothers had cut the "Dead End Kids" loose sooner, "The Little Tough Guys" (Harris Berger, Hally Chester, Charles Duncan. Billy Bendict and David Gorcey) wouldn't have had any days.