Eccentric American millionaire Aurelio Sidney hires poor painter Aurelio Sidney to be his double for a week, live in his house, and get $100,000 thereby, because he looks just like the millionaire, because they are played by the same actor.
Don't do it, Aurelio! There's your girlfriend, and his girlfriend, and a band of angry Indian cultists out to burn you ... I mean Aurelio, the other one to death, because he's stolen the sacred jewel of their god, and they must get vengeance within a year, because...well, it adds a certain immediacy to the proceedings, I suppose.
Yes, it's the old Stolen-the-jewel-from-the-Indian-temple plot, something which I have not seen done straight since Arthur Conan Doyle tried a variation on it in THE SIGN OF THE FOUR. It's handled in such an episodic manner that I suspect this was originally a serial. However, given the rising level of threat until someone does something obvious about the turbaned maniacs running around the estate, it's a nice arc, and the ladies get to do something intelligent occasionally. I suppose it all comes down to the question of whether you're willing to accept the basic plot. If you are, then it's pretty good. Me, I'm not.
Don't do it, Aurelio! There's your girlfriend, and his girlfriend, and a band of angry Indian cultists out to burn you ... I mean Aurelio, the other one to death, because he's stolen the sacred jewel of their god, and they must get vengeance within a year, because...well, it adds a certain immediacy to the proceedings, I suppose.
Yes, it's the old Stolen-the-jewel-from-the-Indian-temple plot, something which I have not seen done straight since Arthur Conan Doyle tried a variation on it in THE SIGN OF THE FOUR. It's handled in such an episodic manner that I suspect this was originally a serial. However, given the rising level of threat until someone does something obvious about the turbaned maniacs running around the estate, it's a nice arc, and the ladies get to do something intelligent occasionally. I suppose it all comes down to the question of whether you're willing to accept the basic plot. If you are, then it's pretty good. Me, I'm not.
