Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.Soda jerk reads mystery stories, fancies himself a master detective.
Leora Thatcher
- Mother-in-Law
- (as Leora Thacher)
Georgie Billings
- Bully Child at Soda Fountain
- (uncredited)
Beatrice Blinn
- Secretary
- (uncredited)
Polly Chase
- Girl
- (uncredited)
John Ince
- Police Commissioner Jim
- (uncredited)
Sidney Kibrick
- Second Boy at Soda Fountain
- (uncredited)
Theodore Lorch
- Police Sergeant
- (uncredited)
William McCall
- Streetcar Passenger
- (uncredited)
Iris Meredith
- Girl
- (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
- Streetcar Passenger
- (uncredited)
Cy Schindell
- Onlooker
- (uncredited)
Carol Tevis
- Drugstore Counter Girl
- (uncredited)
Al Thompson
- Gangster
- (uncredited)
John Tyrrell
- Driver
- (uncredited)
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Enjoyable.
Charley plays a soda jerk who spends all of his time reading detective stories in magazines. He's done so much reading that he even thinks he knows more than the cops. In particular, he behaves like a fat-head and insists he could catch the crook, Lucky Lapitas, if he tried. Naturally, Lapitas himself comes into the pharmacy soon after and Charley has absolutely no idea who he is. Heck, he even helps Lapitas by helping him find an apartment and later by getting the Chief of Police arrested when Charley tells a cop that the guy is Lapitas--and the real one is standing right by him.
This first portion of the film is very good. However, after Lapitas is caught and then escapes, the film slows down considerably. Charley soon is posing as a blind man (????) and the story loses traction. Still, the first half is so strong that it is well worth seeing despite the lull.
This first portion of the film is very good. However, after Lapitas is caught and then escapes, the film slows down considerably. Charley soon is posing as a blind man (????) and the story loses traction. Still, the first half is so strong that it is well worth seeing despite the lull.
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- planktonrules
- Oct 10, 2014
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- Don't Look Now
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- Runtime20 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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