The Expert is the story of two outcasts coming together. Chic Sale plays an old man who is more of a nuisance to his family than he wants to be. Dickie Moore plays a young boy without good parents who is taught to steal. The two meet and begin a friendship in which Dickie is instructed to be a good boy. He calls Sale "Grandpa" and Sale treats the boy like his own grandson, showering him with gifts.
This emotional film is done with class. Although the story could have been lifted from a Lifetime or Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-TV movie, it is done so well, that anyone could be entertained by it. Sale is highly effective as the sympathetic old man and Dickie Moore is unbelievably good in his part despite Moore's own assumptions that he couldn't act. Moore could charm anyone and his crying scenes are heartbreakingly realistic. This is truly a remarkable, forgotten gem.
This emotional film is done with class. Although the story could have been lifted from a Lifetime or Hallmark Hall of Fame made-for-TV movie, it is done so well, that anyone could be entertained by it. Sale is highly effective as the sympathetic old man and Dickie Moore is unbelievably good in his part despite Moore's own assumptions that he couldn't act. Moore could charm anyone and his crying scenes are heartbreakingly realistic. This is truly a remarkable, forgotten gem.