Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joe's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
Is it worth your time? Look, if you’re a fan of pre-code era snappy dialogue and don’t mind a plot that’s thinner than a telephone wire, you’ll probably have a decent time. If you need your movies to have weight or some kind of grand statement, stay away. It’s a 77-minute headache-reliever, nothing more. Spencer Tracy...
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William A. Wellman
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"Is it worth your time? Look, if you’re a fan of pre-code era snappy dialogue and don’t mind a plot that’s thinner than a telephone wire, you’ll probably have a decent time. If you need your movies to have weight or some kind of grand statement, stay away. It’s a 77-minute headache-reliever, nothing more. Spencer Tracy is the main reason this works at all. He plays Joe with this restless energy that makes him feel like he’s actually doing the work, even when the sets are clearly just plywood. T..."
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