"Freckles Comes Home" has B-movie written all over it. With a running time of under an hour and starring the likes of Johnny Downs (who?) and Mantan Moreland, it's a quickie from Monogram that is currently posted on YouTube.
When the film begins, there is a robbery. Next you see the personable 'Freckels' riding home from college. On the way, he makes an acquaintance with a mobster who is on the lam...and Freckles has no idea. When they arrive in his small Indiana town, Freckles is shocked to hear that his really stupid friend is in trouble and he decides the way to help the friend is to get a highway built (?). But to do this, he needs to get his father and Mr. Potter to make up because they both are on the highway commission. To help facilitate this, he kisses up to Potter's daughter, Jane (Gale Storm) and...well who cares?
The film crams too much plot into 59 minutes. You've got mobsters, a Romeo and Juliet-like feud, a gold machine and many other story elements jammed into the film...and none of which are really interesting or well developed. Overall, a pretty forgettable film...and that's being charitable.
When the film begins, there is a robbery. Next you see the personable 'Freckels' riding home from college. On the way, he makes an acquaintance with a mobster who is on the lam...and Freckles has no idea. When they arrive in his small Indiana town, Freckles is shocked to hear that his really stupid friend is in trouble and he decides the way to help the friend is to get a highway built (?). But to do this, he needs to get his father and Mr. Potter to make up because they both are on the highway commission. To help facilitate this, he kisses up to Potter's daughter, Jane (Gale Storm) and...well who cares?
The film crams too much plot into 59 minutes. You've got mobsters, a Romeo and Juliet-like feud, a gold machine and many other story elements jammed into the film...and none of which are really interesting or well developed. Overall, a pretty forgettable film...and that's being charitable.