Arizona gas station owner (Haley) faces comic adventures after he is kidnapped by gangsters who have mistaken him for an escaped killer..
Should you bother? If you like movies where everyone is constantly shouting and running through doors, you might get a kick out of She Had to Eat. It’s definitely not for the people who want a quiet, moody drama. If you have zero patience for 1930s slapstick, stay far away. Jack Haley is the guy running the gas statio...
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"Should you bother? If you like movies where everyone is constantly shouting and running through doors, you might get a kick out of She Had to Eat. It’s definitely not for the people who want a quiet, moody drama. If you have zero patience for 1930s slapstick, stay far away. Jack Haley is the guy running the gas station. He looks about as confused as I felt for the first ten minutes. The whole setup—kidnapping the wrong guy—is the kind of thing that probably felt fresher back then. Now, it just ..."
James Edward Grant, Lige Conley, Samuel G. Engel, M.M. Musselman
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