A pointless mix of comedy, crime and TV game show spoof, this B movie from lowly Lippert features diminutive comic Sid Melton as a long suffering cab driver saddled with an obnoxious wife Iris Adrian and living through his dreams which makes his job seem better than it really is. He has dealings with mobster Tom Neal and actress Diane Garrett, all the while dealing with his shrewish spouse and later her parents, Chester Clute and Minerva Urecal. Sort of the antithesis of "The Honeymooners", although Melton is far too mild mannered and wimpy to be believable. Poor Adrian must have realized early on that with her voice and looks, she would never play an ingenue, and as a result, her loud characters are often hard to take. Melton would succeed better nearly 40 years later as the spirit of Salvatore, Estelle Getty's late husband on "Golden Girls", while Adrian would become a favorite of the Disney studios.
The big problem with this film is that It can never make up its mind what it wants to be, and often, the plots that appear are often revealed not to have happened in bizarre ways. Definitely a variation of what would later become the television sitcom, with the mismatched Melton and Adrian getting more groans than laughs. Adrian's character gets violent on occasion which makes her even less appealing. The supporting players fare better, with Urecal and Henry Corden getting more laughs than the leads. The poor script and direction are also at fault, and even at less than ab hour, this starts to drag as the film goes on.
The big problem with this film is that It can never make up its mind what it wants to be, and often, the plots that appear are often revealed not to have happened in bizarre ways. Definitely a variation of what would later become the television sitcom, with the mismatched Melton and Adrian getting more groans than laughs. Adrian's character gets violent on occasion which makes her even less appealing. The supporting players fare better, with Urecal and Henry Corden getting more laughs than the leads. The poor script and direction are also at fault, and even at less than ab hour, this starts to drag as the film goes on.