A waste of two great stars (Ava Gardner and Bela Lugosi), this East Side Kids comedy entry has little to recommend it unless you are a rabid fan of Leo Gorcey and/or Huntz Hall. Admittedly, the players try hard to bring the threadbare script to life, but they are defeated at every turn not only by the poverty of the script itself but by the unrelentingly uninspired direction by Bill Beaudine whose policy seems to have been to shoot it fast and shoot it extra dull. As might be expected, production values are pretty woeful too. Fortunately, the super-lively Ava Gardner, in her sixteenth movie (but first credited role) gives a good performance and will not disappoint her fans. But she is the only reason anyone would want to view this cheapo knockabout comedy spoof which is neither funny nor thrilling, but, aside from the lovely Miss Gardner, just a plain waste of time. Available on an Acme DVD as a double feature with Spooks Run Wild.
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