You can't expect much in the way of reality for Monogram, especially when they combined a spy caper with comedy. One of a bunch of B programmers for the team of Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland, christo's what it sets out to do to entertain audiences stand for the second feature and promoting a sense of patriotism as America neared their entrance into World War II. Newspaper stories of spies had audiences intrigued with what could be going on in their own country, so to give them a little preview, pretty much every Hollywood studio released dozens of films like this. The plots were different and even with different casts, they seemed very familiar. But they warned Americans to be careful of what they said in public because a spy could be listening!
The plot set-up here is rather silly with Darrow allegedly an expert on the personality behind people's handwriting. He wants to find a boyfriend for his pal Marjorie Reynolds isis the different handwriting he sees from customers in his daily routine as a delivery boy. His partner in crime is chauffeur Mantan Moreland who can drive a car but allegedly cannot read. Darro's dream man for Reynolds is Milburn Stone, an alleged G-Man who wants Darro to help him track down some spies. That means, and you guessed it, that Stone is one of the bad guys.
At just an hour, this low budget action comedy is a passable time-filler with a lot of entertaining dialogue in spite of the ridiculous story. There's plenty of stock footage of Los Angeles involving the chase sequences, and while Darro doesn't seem like The brightest bulb, he does catch on to Stone pretty fast when he realizes he's made a mistake in analyzing his handwriting. George Cleveland as Darro's boss and Lillian Elliott as his mother are amusing in supporting performances, but Darro and Moreland dominate the film with their charm and commaradarie.
The plot set-up here is rather silly with Darrow allegedly an expert on the personality behind people's handwriting. He wants to find a boyfriend for his pal Marjorie Reynolds isis the different handwriting he sees from customers in his daily routine as a delivery boy. His partner in crime is chauffeur Mantan Moreland who can drive a car but allegedly cannot read. Darro's dream man for Reynolds is Milburn Stone, an alleged G-Man who wants Darro to help him track down some spies. That means, and you guessed it, that Stone is one of the bad guys.
At just an hour, this low budget action comedy is a passable time-filler with a lot of entertaining dialogue in spite of the ridiculous story. There's plenty of stock footage of Los Angeles involving the chase sequences, and while Darro doesn't seem like The brightest bulb, he does catch on to Stone pretty fast when he realizes he's made a mistake in analyzing his handwriting. George Cleveland as Darro's boss and Lillian Elliott as his mother are amusing in supporting performances, but Darro and Moreland dominate the film with their charm and commaradarie.