An ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.An ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.An ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.
Samuel S. Hinds
- Mr. Beaumont
- (as Samuel Hinds)
Stanley Blystone
- Policeman at Skating Rink
- (uncredited)
Ed Brady
- Conspirator to Get the District Attorney
- (uncredited)
Allan Cavan
- Doctor Kahn
- (uncredited)
Clay Clement
- Judge
- (uncredited)
Edgar Dearing
- Policeman at Streetcar
- (uncredited)
James Donlan
- Photographer
- (uncredited)
Robert Homans
- Streetcar Driver
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis film's earliest documented telecast took place in Minneapolis Monday 11 February 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9); it first aired in San Antonio 9 April 1957 on WOAI (Channel 4), in Lubbock TX 10 June 1957 on KCBD (Channel 11), in Miami 31 July 1957 on WCKT (Channel 7), in Albany 30 December 1957 on WTEN (Channel 10), in Portland OR 24 January 1958 on KGW (Channel 8), in Honolulu 25 January 1958 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Philadelphia 25 March 1958 on WFIL (Channel 6), in Cleveland 29 April 1958 on KYW (Channel 3), in Kalamazoo 7 June 1957 on WKZO (Channel 3), and in Tucson 21 October 1958 on KVOA (Channel 4). With an uninviting title, and a relatively forgotten cast, as well as the usual pre-code aspects of the story, major market sponsors showed little interest in this one, and so it was only occasionally taken off the shelf, and, even then, in the less predominant locations. In more recent years a new generation of vintage film enthusiasts have "discovered" Lee Tracy, and its long unseen hidden pre-code delights, so it's since become a welcome occasional flyer on cable TV on Turner Classic Movies.
- Quotes
Joseph Phineas 'Joe' Stevens: [regarding a bounced check] You'll learn that money doesn't come out of fountain pens.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Lee Tracy: The Fastest Mouth in the West (2022)
Featured review
A memorable actor at his best
Versatility is an attribute in any performer, but so is doing one thing exceptionally well. Perhaps if Lee Tracy's screen career had not met a premature, unfortunate ending, he and his public would have felt a need for him to play something other than the kind of role which he performed with such natural ease and remarkable skill: the brash, fast-talking, wisecracking, slithery, finger-jabbing, opportunistic, less than trustworthy (to put it mildly) rascal. As a tour de force, this picture ranks with his best, even if there may be more twists and turns of the plot than the story requires. Though Frank Morgan's poignant portrayal of an alcoholic doctor is not an altogether comfortable fit here, and Tracy's explanation of his loss of youthful ideals too pat to be convincing, the movie is consistently entertaining, with fine performances by all the supporting players aiding and abetting another memorable star turn by Lee Tracy.
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- jaykay-10
- Jun 4, 2003
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- Accidents Wanted
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- Runtime1 hour 23 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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