Oh, What a Man!

In the twilight of the silent era, Larry Semon delivers a chaotic reimagining of the undercover procedural. An earnest but hopelessly outmatched detective targets the inner sanctum of Notorious Nora, the iron-fisted matriarch of a subterranean crime syndicate. Operating out of a high-stakes speakeasy where the floorboards are as treacherous as the clientele, the detective attempts to infiltrate the gang to secure evidence. However, the mission spirals into a series of increasingly absurd escalations. Semon’s protagonist finds that the 'goods' he seeks are secondary to the sheer survival required in a world where Nora’s authority is absolute and the physical laws of the universe are secondary to a well-timed gag. It is a story of a man out of his depth, navigating a criminal underworld that treats law enforcement as a minor inconvenience.