5/10
You'll have fun spotting the character actors
23 September 2007
Warning: Spoilers
This is a comedy who-done-it set in and around "The Last Gangster" wax museum. George Zucco plays Jelke, who kills Joe Wells (George E. Stone)who dies on the steps of the wax museum. Gallagher (Ann Savage)finds the body and sets it up as one of the exhibits.

The killer returns and it is a race to see if they can get the body to the police before the murderer strikes again.

The really interesting thing about this film is every part is played by people known by all. You can have fun guessing where you have seen them before.

George E. Stone - looking a lot older than I remember him was always memorable in "42nd Street", "Little Ceasar" and "Cimarron".

Ann Savage, who had such a different role in "Detour" plays Gallagher, a snappy reporter.

Leo Gorcey seemed to make quite a few movies away from the Bowery Boys - he plays the young, wise-cracking museum assistant.

George Zucco was always the dour scientist or professor in lots of these B or C films.

William Gargan, who was a familiar face in the 1930s played Gallagher's boyfriend, Pete Willis.

Ben Weldon, who always looked the same - he mostly played thugs and hoodlums in films like "Marked Woman" turns up for one scene as a hotel manager.

Paul Hurst was in it as well - playing a policeman. He always seemed to play baddies, especially in westerns. He has over 300 movies listed on IMDb.
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