Quick Money

Name: Quick Money
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1937-12-10
Duration: 59 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Fred Stone, Gordon Jones, Dorothy Moore

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5.9/10

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Gordon Jones and Dorothy Moore in Quick Money (1937)

Comedy

Bluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose ... Read allBluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citi... Read allBluford H. Smythe, who has made it big in the big city, has returned to his small hometown of Glenwood after being away for twenty years. Accompanying him is his personal secretary, Ambrose Ames. Despite it being purely a vacation to get some rest and relaxation, the leading citizens of the town welcome him back with some official gatherings. Mayor Jonas Tompkins, who... Read all

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5.9/10

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Trivia
This film failed at the box office, resulting in a loss to RKO of $37,000 ($686,000 in 2021).

Goofs
Bluford H. Smythe (Burton Churchill) misspells his last name on the $1,000 check as "Symthe".

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5/10

enjoyable but thoroughly predictable from start to finish

Berton Churchill plays Buford Smythe, a man who has returned to his old home town after being gone for decades. He appears to be a successful pillar of society but it's all a front. Instead, he and his 'friends' are con-men bent on fleecing everyone in town. The only one who sees through this is the mayor...and soon folks in town grow to hate the mayor since he keeps speaking up against the big construction project proposed by Smythe.

While the film was enjoyable, it really suffered because it was obvious Smythe was a shyster. In fact, it was so obvious that you can only assume that the entire town was peopled by folks with serious brain disorders. This is a huge problem for me, as a plot requiring the viewer to turn off their sense of disbelief usually makes the film a hard sell. Additionally, seeing the mayor so hated and reviled so quickly seemed pretty hard to believe...as well as folks NOT looking into Smythe or his scheme to see if it was legitimate. All in all, an interesting idea with many logical flaws...too many to make it a must-see film. Instead, I'd put it in the time-passer category.