Johnny Dill (
Stuart Erwin) is a downtrodden underwear salesman who always seems to be on the wrong side of life. He can't seem to ever get to propose to his lukewarm girlfriend Judy (
Anne Gwynne) and his annoying attorney friend William Allan (
Frank Albertson) is always borrowing money from him. Johnny's life takes a major turn though when he is mistaken for a brutal gangster to whom he looks identical. Johnny starts to mess with a crime boss and play the role of a hoodlum as he finds being a tough guy finally gets Judy excited...
The film is rather predictable and very cheap, it could be likeable enough but plods along a bit too much. Despite being a short film the lack of plot means it has a bit too much padding. The film is set in 1931 though everyone and everything looks like 1947 (which makes you wonder why they bothered with that point?)
Its not all bad, at times it is an amusing enough little comedy, just unfortunately not that many times!
