A PR man for a low-budget studio comes up with what he believes is the perfect gimmick: to make a gangster picture with a real gangster in the lead role! He convinces a director--a foreigner who doesn't know much about the American gangster scene--to come on board, and they find what they believe to be their perfect leading man when they spot a tough-looking customer knock out a man in a nightclub. It turns out that the "gangster" they picked isn't a gangster at all, but the man he knocked out in the nightclub is.
Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for weird, forgotten relics from the early talkie era. It’s a B-movie through and through, and it doesn't try to hide its shoestring budget or its wobbly logic. If you hate movies where the plot relies entirely on characters being incredibly stupid for the s...
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Edward LeSaint
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"Is it worth your time? Honestly, only if you have a soft spot for weird, forgotten relics from the early talkie era. It’s a B-movie through and through, and it doesn't try to hide its shoestring budget or its wobbly logic. If you hate movies where the plot relies entirely on characters being incredibly stupid for the sake of a joke, skip this one. The whole premise hinges on a PR guy who thinks he’s a genius for scouting talent in a nightclub. He sees a guy knock someone out and thinks, "Eureka..."
Cyril Ring
John T. Neville, William Bloecher
United States
