Having been financially cleaned-out by playing the horses, Jack looks up a potential "wife" he once obtained through the mail. He is then held prisoner by her grown son and her ex-husband, who is a wrestler.
Is it worth your time? Look, if you have twenty minutes and a weird craving for black-and-white desperation, sure, click play. If you need a movie that makes logical sense, skip it. It’s for the folks who love those old-timey shorts that feel like they were written on the back of a cocktail napkin. The premise is pure...
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Jean Yarbrough
Hal Roach
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you have twenty minutes and a weird craving for black-and-white desperation, sure, click play. If you need a movie that makes logical sense, skip it. It’s for the folks who love those old-timey shorts that feel like they were written on the back of a cocktail napkin. The premise is pure chaos. Jack is broke, which is the classic setup for these things. He thinks a mail-order wife is the ticket out of poverty. Instead, he gets a house full of people who clearly ha..."
Monte Collins, Jean Yarbrough
United States
1936 · IMDb 6.5
