Ed Wood's Film Noir, the wayward son of a doctor Don Gregor (Malone), runs around with cheap crook Vic Brady (Farrell) pulling stickups, their last job knocking over a theater box office gets the security guard dead by Dons trigger finger. When Don decides to turn himself in Vic has other plans. Fuller as Brady is hilarious growling non stop wisecracks.
Vic Brady: They've had my picture in the files so long it's getting moldy.
Loretta: Honey, that's bad business, cop killing.
Vic Brady: So what? They bleed like anybody else. Now stop gibbering! I gotta think!
There is a scene in a kitchen where surrounded with what looks like the type of kitchen appliances you'd find nowadays in a defunct roadside dump, Loretta tells Vic off ...
Loretta: ...you're a has been with a gun!
Vic Brady: A has been, baby I've only just begun. I didn't set you up in all this luxury just to have you walk out on me. I pulled you out of that main street dive and made something out of you. No you'll never walk out on me.
The Cast
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| Don Gregor (Malone) |
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| Marilyn Gregor (Dolores Fuller) , Lieutenant Bob Lawrence (Steve Reeves) |
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| Don Gregor (Malone), Vic Brady (Farrell) |
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| Dr. Gregor (Herbert Rawlinson) Marilyn (Dolores Fuller) |
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| Inspector Johns (Lyle Talbot) center |
Noirsville
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| Chick and Cotton Watts |
The film also includes a two minute insert, and it's right out of left field, of who has been termed the last blackface performer Cotton Watts in a skit called Cotton Watts and Chick, a curious artifact of a past era. I don't know if it was in the original release or not. IMDb lists them in the cast.
Hands down Ed Wood's best film. 6/10
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