A big-city is over-run with crime as two gangs fight over turf after one gang invades the territory of the other. Mike Doolan, an amateur private detective, and "Scoops" McGee, a wise-cracking newspaper reporter take both on in a parody-burlesque of Paramount's "Underworld.
I don’t know if anyone actually watches 1928 silent parodies for the plot, but if you do, you’re going to be disappointed by Partners in Crime. It’s worth watching today only if you’re a completionist for the Beery and Hatton comedy duo, or if you want to see William Powell before he became the world's most sophisticat...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Frank R. Strayer
Richard Smith
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"I don’t know if anyone actually watches 1928 silent parodies for the plot, but if you do, you’re going to be disappointed by Partners in Crime. It’s worth watching today only if you’re a completionist for the Beery and Hatton comedy duo, or if you want to see William Powell before he became the world's most sophisticated man. People who like tight, logical storytelling will probably hate this. It’s a mess, but it’s a specific kind of late-silent-era mess that has its own weird energy. The whole..."
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