San Francisco newspaper reporter Jimmy Gray turns detective to bring the killer of the brother of his sweetheart, Ellen Garwood, to justice. His city editor is so confident that he will that he 'holds the presses", and then puts a stuttering man on the re-write-desk telephone.
Look, if you are searching for a lost masterpiece of early cinema, keep walking. Hell-Bent for Frisco is strictly for the late-night weirdos who love dusty, fast-talking 1930s B-movies. 🕵️♂️Anyone else will probably find it incredibly creaky and turn it off after ten minutes.The Plot is a SpeedrunJimmy Gray is a repo...
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"Look, if you are searching for a lost masterpiece of early cinema, keep walking. Hell-Bent for Frisco is strictly for the late-night weirdos who love dusty, fast-talking 1930s B-movies. 🕵️♂️Anyone else will probably find it incredibly creaky and turn it off after ten minutes.The Plot is a SpeedrunJimmy Gray is a reporter who instantly becomes a detective because his sweetheart's brother gets murdered. There is no real transition here; he just decides he is the police now.It moves fast, which i..."
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