Stunt man Richard Talmadge starred in this ultra-low-budget film that's short on plot, shorter on logic, but packed with action filmed on the streets of Hollywood and downtown Los Angeles. Let's see, there's something about a guy who's passing through town on a train, who's mistaken for a local man who looks just like him. The local guy is supposed to sell some hot jewels, or something, I don't know, it doesn't make much sense. In fact, Talmadge's flicks were supposedly very popular in Stalin's USSR because the stories were so simple and childlike. But the action scenes are great, beginning with a foot chase and a free-for-all fight all around one of L.A.'s downtown train stations (the Santa Fe, I think). Most other shots were done in the Hollywood hills, particularly all around the Beachwood village, including a shop at 2961 Beachwood and the nearby Beachwood Market. With all the car chases and rolling down hillsides and fisticuffs--filmed on the streets and not on some phony back lot--who cares about plot anyway? The film is available in a not-too-bad print from Alpha Video.
2 Reviews
Reliable pictures sure was reliable entertainment.
mark.waltz20 May 2021
Warning: Spoilers
This entertaining B picture really takes advantage of its opportunity to go out on the streets of Los Angeles on a Sunday morning (when nobody is up) to film a series of car chases involving the two characters played by Richard Talmadge, one a hard-working businessman and the other a jewel thief. The presence of a look alike confuses the pretty Janet Chandler, a nice rich girl involved with the nice businessman, confused when Talmadge the jewel thief shows up at her home. With the help of her Butler Tom Ricketts, she figures out the truth, calling her boyfriend's office and being told that no such person works there. We end up on the streets of the city for several car chases where everything is resolved in a timely manner.
Made the same year as another Richard Talmadge crime drama ("Never Too Late", which also took advantage of the location), this once again shows off his acrobatic abilities, but not as much as the other film. There are some cliched gangsters whom the jewel thief is trying to doublecross, and while the plot becomes a bit convoluted here and there, overall it is entertaining and fun.
Made the same year as another Richard Talmadge crime drama ("Never Too Late", which also took advantage of the location), this once again shows off his acrobatic abilities, but not as much as the other film. There are some cliched gangsters whom the jewel thief is trying to doublecross, and while the plot becomes a bit convoluted here and there, overall it is entertaining and fun.
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