We didn't have an excuse to watch anything else, so it was back to the horror films of the 40's. I didn't realize it at the time, but this little gem was British.
A 55-year old man (who looks much older) is dying. He is surrounded by people who will do anything to get their hands on the wealth that is soon going to be in the hands of the man's 11-year-old son. After 10 years, the next heir in line, June, appears on the scene, and one of the conspirators wants to come clean. When he's killed right in front of her, June goes to the police. A newly resigned Martin joins the case, and they slowly peel away the layers of the mystery.
I found this one pretty funny. One of the villains looked like Shemp Howard (Three Stooges), so we kept calling him Shemp. The one clerk at the lawyer's office was accused of not being able to read. His reply was, "I can't read during the day. I went to night school." Even though it's a stupid joke, it struck me in the moment as pretty funny.
The real hero of this movie is Andy. He's the detective who never removes his trench coat and is always sleeping. But don't think he's not paying attention! The man has the quickest quips and reflexes! Take the carpet trick, for instance. He saved Martin's life! Andy was the best!
The fights in this movie were hilarious. There is no way they were choreographed. No one would put together that sequence of movements and think it looked like an epic fight. There was a lot of rolling around and jumping on furniture, but it was pretty funny!
One thing I did learn was to never watch a movie from Cult Cinema Classics on YouTube. My goodness, we had a commercial every three minutes or so. It was so bad, I had to sit by the TV so I could hit the skip button as soon as it was available (we had a PC hooked up to the TV, so I had to hit the button on the mouse). I decided to let this one go because it had subtitles and the voices matched up with the mouths (something my original source didn't have), but next time, I'll keep looking.
I had fun with this movie. I think watching the whole thing together might be a neat experience. It had some pretty stupid moments, like the daft woman trying to hitchhike after escaping from the cottage. You guessed it! She immediately got recaptured! I'm giving this a Good Movie! review. Not because of the story or the acting, but because I had a good time with it, and I love Andy.
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