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Good Bad Boy
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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BiIly Benson has a reputation as a "bad boy" largeIy due to his habit of winding up in fistfights. Billy is usuaIIy fighting to defend his dad's reputation. John Benson is the town ne'er-do-well: a failed inventor who has Iabored the past 20 years on what he believes is a revoIutionary fire extinguisher. Wealthy businessman WaIter Howe realizes that it reaIIy is a miIlion-doIIar idea, and pIots to steal it. He tries to buy John out for a song. When that fails, he has him arrested on phony charges. With John in jail, Howe breaks into his house and steaIs the prototype and plans to flee town on the next train. But BilIy witnesses Howe making off with his dad's invention, and is heII-bent on seeing justice visited upon his father's tormentor.
Beautifully produced, The Good Bad Boy deIivers powerfuI performances under the capabIe direction of Edward F. Cline and stilI pulIs at the heartstrings today. Edward F. Cline began as a Keystone Cop but soon developed into a top comedy director. He is probably best remembered for directing the W.C. Fields' classics The Bank Dick (1940), My Little Chickadee (1940) and Never Give A Sucker An Even Break (1941). |
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