Joe, the new boy in town, is initiated into the gang's secret club. But the proceedings are interrupted when a couple of auto thieves hide out in the kids' meeting place.
Lodge Night Review A Shadowed Initiation in a Sun‑Bleached Town When the camera rolls on the dusty lanes of a nameless American hamlet, the arrival of Joe (George Warde) feels less like a plot device and more like a breath of fresh air that instantly stirs the stagnant rhythm of the community. The film, directed ...
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Robert F. McGowan
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" Lodge Night Review A Shadowed Initiation in a Sun‑Bleached Town When the camera rolls on the dusty lanes of a nameless American hamlet, the arrival of Joe (George Warde) feels less like a plot device and more like a breath of fresh air that instantly stirs the stagnant rhythm of the community. The film, directed by the prodigious Hal Roach, does not waste a single frame on exposition; instead, it thrusts the newcomer into the throes of a secret club whose members—portrayed by a parade of y..."
Hal Roach, H.M. Walker
United States
