Boy it's been a long time since I've seen this. It's just as corny as ever. A comic book musical written as if it were designed to be drive-in filler. It's no surprise that it bombed at the box office.
But it's got class. Brightly lit, fast paced, plenty of stunts and action. Sharp cinematography. Though it plays like a B movie there's nothing cheap about it. I'd forgotten about it being a who's-who of journeymen on the way up, from Dafoe to Madigan to Robert Townsend. Ry Cooder's score was always what I liked best, and it's as good as I remember.
Chicago is still the pits under the el too.
It deserves a prize for best use of Studebakers in a motion picture.
But it's got class. Brightly lit, fast paced, plenty of stunts and action. Sharp cinematography. Though it plays like a B movie there's nothing cheap about it. I'd forgotten about it being a who's-who of journeymen on the way up, from Dafoe to Madigan to Robert Townsend. Ry Cooder's score was always what I liked best, and it's as good as I remember.
Chicago is still the pits under the el too.
It deserves a prize for best use of Studebakers in a motion picture.