The Club of Men Saves the Day Again
USA, 1950, Black & White, 120 minutes
Directed by Ryan G. Grant
Starring Gus Stevens, Mix Arnolds, Hank Smith, Joe Fielding, Anthony Manhield
There is trouble in Harlem, somebody stole all the chickens and Mr Solly doesn't like it when he doesn't have an egg for his breakfast! With that frantic cry one of the world's greatest movies begins. A two hour festival of witty dialogue, gripping mysteries and sinister slap stick, enough to make Arsenic and Old Lace look like the worst kind of hash paint-by-numbers writing! Is it any wonder Truman made the director a Poet Laureate?
Greatest moment – when Mr Solly is reunited with his chickens
Reviewed by Juan Incognito
