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The Manchu Eagle Murder Caper Mystery (1975)
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March 1975 (USA)
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(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gabriel Dell | ... | Malcolm |
| Jackie Coogan | ... | Detective Chief Anderson |
| Huntz Hall | ... | Deputy Roy |
| Joyce Van Patten | ... | Ida Mae |
| Robbi Tremaine | ... | Contestant |
| Helen Finley | ... | Laverne |
| Sorrell Booke | ... | Dr. Melon |
| Richard Gautier | ... | Oscar Cornell (as Dick Gautier) |
| Nita Talbot | ... | Jasmine Cornell |
| Nicholas Colasanto | ... | Bert |
| Old Tom | ... | Bert's Customer |
| Winston | ... | By himself |
| Howard Storm | ... | Freddie Jessup |
| Vincent Gardenia | ... | Big Daddy Jessup |
| Anjanette Comer | ... | Arlevia Jessup |
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This movie is not a Dead End Kids reunion, although both Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell are in it. It is instead a warped 1970s version of a film noir with utterly bizarre comic elements that hit you more with each viewing. Dell shows magnificent comic timing and utterly dry wit as the trailer park loser who is doing genetic experiments to make chickens lay colored eggs while he also pursues his private detective business. The comedy style here is a mix of some Airplane! style gags and some extremely subtle dark humor involving animal sex, incest, suicide and drugs. All tastefully handled, mind you, because it's so doggone off-the-wall, one cannot be offended. It features:
The most bizarre gunfight in movie history
A straightfaced plea for understanding for those who practice bestiality
Grandpa Walton popping pills like a madman
Barbara Harris being her brilliant self
Hall and Jackie Coogan as a bumbling cop duo
Some of the worst lighting you'll ever see
This movie is extremely hard to find, but should you come across it, I implore you to give it a look and see comedy ahead of its time. Dell, who co-produced and wrote proves he was the Dead End Kid with the most talent. He really should have been in more movies like this in his adult life.