"The American Way" is a black-and-white comedy short film that runs for 10 minutes only and was made almost 55 years ago by a writer and director who have never made it big. So the only reason this one is not entirely unknown today is cast member John Cazale. He became a big star in his own right and even if his career was tragically short-lived, then it was nice to see him in here during his early days. Sadly, this film here is also an example of how not even his career/body of work is perfect. So yeah, the comedy in here relies on spoofing mostly and this is always a challenging approach that the filmmakers were not up to this time. The music is great of course, especially towards the end, but everybody can put famous pieces inside his movie, so I cannot give them credits for this one either. Oh yeah, the brunette chick on the park bench was really hot, too bad her name doesn't show up in the credits, probably not a real actor, just an amateur. All in all, skip this one. You're not missing anything really.
Review of The American Way
