The flick's got an interesting premise. Three con-men fleeing the cops grab white collar cleric suits and pretend to be men of God. It works. Trouble is they then get mistakenly recruited into serving as real ministers at a newly opened poverty-row mission. Now, in order to keep the cops away, they've got to pretend to be what they're not. Can they do it, given their criminal backgrounds.
Trouble is the storyline fails to develop this suspenseful potential in sustained fashion. Instead, we get a loosely focused series of personality sketches that scatter instead of gel. Thus the premise is unfortunately squandered. Nonetheless, there are two unusual aspects to note: the tricky religious aspect never turns sappy in the sanctimonious manner of the day, while the question of legal justice for the three culprits is left unresolved unless I missed something. So, despite its overall failures, the flick avoids some significant cliches.
In passing. Note presence here of actor-crooner Dick Haymes {Benny} whose promising career was cut short by accusations of dodging service in WWII. Then too there's actor Stander {Monk} who was soon blacklisted for 10 years for defying anti-communist investigations into Hollywood political affairs. But what's the story on youthful Freddie Bartholomew's silly Reverand Wilbur that's disruptive of the flick itself -- must be a backstory behind this his last movie appearance.
All in all, though the story may fail, the movie still has some points of interest. So you might give it a look-see if your goal is more than sheer entertainment.