Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Crashing Through Danger (1936)

A drama and love triangle involving electric company linemen. Truly there was no subject untouched in the 1930s. Torchy (Ray Walker), Slim (Guinn Williams) and Eddie (James Bush) are three happy-go-lucky lads who work on the electric company power lines, fool about and chase after dames. Their supervisor Pop (Robert Homans) forever reprimanding them... though always with a tear in his eye.

Unfortunately on Pop's final day he is killed due to negligence by the trio. They decide to look after his daughter Ann (Sally Blane) though soon they all have the hots for her and the love rivalry splits up their friendship. Though when a storm strikes and the power to the hospital is in danger of being disrupted will they pull together again?

It is a pretty familiar plot if we are to be honest, the only novelty being the guys are electric linemen and not some other profession. Competent if not spectacular, one could say it might lack a bit of spark...