An inventor looking for backing for his television invention gets involved with a crooked businessman and gangsters who try to steal his invention..
Is this thing worth your hour? If you have a soft spot for 1930s B-movies where everyone talks at 100 miles per hour, sure. It’s snappy, it’s short, and it doesn't pretend to be high art. If you need a movie that makes sense or takes its own stakes seriously, you’re going to hate it. It’s basically a factory-line produ...
Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
Del Lord
Alexander Butler
Community
Log in to comment.
"Is this thing worth your hour? If you have a soft spot for 1930s B-movies where everyone talks at 100 miles per hour, sure. It’s snappy, it’s short, and it doesn't pretend to be high art. If you need a movie that makes sense or takes its own stakes seriously, you’re going to hate it. It’s basically a factory-line production that feels like it was put together over a long weekend. The whole premise is that our main guy invents television—the future!—and immediately assumes he’s going to be a mil..."
Lyle Talbot
Lee Loeb, Al Martin, Sherman L. Lowe, Harold Buchman
United States
