Slick B picture from MGM starring two of the all-time greats, Edward Arnold and Lionel Barrymore. Arnold plays the humorously named criminal Stuff Nelson, who has an even more humorously named son, Roosty (Gene Nelson). After he's captured, Roosty is sent to work on a farm. Eventually Stuff comes looking for his stuff and the boy must choose between a life of crime or a life on the farm.
Barrymore and Arnold are top notch as anyone familiar with their work might expect. Sadly Barrymore isn't in this as much as I would have liked. I would have preferred he run the farm instead of Robert Sterling, but I suppose that would have changed the ending some. Gene Nelson does fine with the part he's given, which is pretty corny. Richard Lane takes a break from harassing Boston Blackie to play the investigator hot on Arnold's trail. Marsha Hunt has a thankless role as Sterling's girlfriend. Features one of the cleverest bank robberies ever filmed. I'm not saying I would ever rob a bank but if I did this is how I would want to do it. One final thing, I love the movie poster. Talk about a lost art form.
Barrymore and Arnold are top notch as anyone familiar with their work might expect. Sadly Barrymore isn't in this as much as I would have liked. I would have preferred he run the farm instead of Robert Sterling, but I suppose that would have changed the ending some. Gene Nelson does fine with the part he's given, which is pretty corny. Richard Lane takes a break from harassing Boston Blackie to play the investigator hot on Arnold's trail. Marsha Hunt has a thankless role as Sterling's girlfriend. Features one of the cleverest bank robberies ever filmed. I'm not saying I would ever rob a bank but if I did this is how I would want to do it. One final thing, I love the movie poster. Talk about a lost art form.
