Million Dollar Kid
1249. MILLION DOLLAR KID (1944-USA). WITH LEO GORCEY, HUNTZ HALL, CABRIEL DELL, BILLY BENEDICT, NOAH BEERY, SR. MUGGS, BLIMPY, SKINNY, SLUG-THE EAST SIDE KIDS-ARE BACK IN THIS TYPICALLY RAUCOUS COMEDY. A DISTINGUISHED SUTTON PLACE GENTLEMAN IS ASSAULTED ONE EVENING WHILE SLUMMING ON THE LOWER EAST SIDE. THE BOYS COME TO HIS RESCUE, AND ARE BEFRIENDED BY HIM. THIS GUY HAS HIS SHARE Of WORRIES: HIS OLDEST SON IS AWAY AT WAR, RISKING HIS LIFE AS A FIGHTER PILOT; HIS YOUNGEST BOY, BORED AND ALIENATED, HAS BEEN STAYING OUT LATE, FREQUENTÂING POOL HALLS, HANGING AROUND WITH THE WRONG ELEMENT; AND HIS DAUGHTER IS BEING COURTED BY A PHONY FRENCH LIEUÂTENANT WHO’S OUT FOR HER MONEY, SO IT’S UP TO MUGGS AND THE GANG TO SET THINGS STRAIGHT. THE BOYS ARE AT THEIR COMICAL BEST HERE: THEIR MEETINGS ARE “CONSUMMATED* (INSTEAD Of CONCLUDED); LOST WALLETS ARE “RECUPERATED” (RATHER THAN RECOVERED); AND EVIDENCE IS “DISCRIMINATING” (AS OPPOSED TO INCRIMINATING). WHEN THE BOYS ARE ACCUSED Of THE MUGGING BY A THICK-HEADED COP, THEY’RE AFRAID THEIR REPUTATION WILL BE “SLANDERIZED.” 64 MINUTES. COMEDY