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.

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"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

