Storyline

Baby photographer Ronnie Jackson, on death row in San Quentin, tells reporters how he got there: taking care of his private-eye neighbor's office, Ronnie is asked by the irresistible Baroness Montay to find the missing Baron. There follow confusing but sinister doings in a gloomy mansion and a private sanatorium, with every plot twist a parody of thriller cliches. What are the villains really after? Can Ronnie beat a framed murder rap?—Rod Crawford

Plot Keywords

death row, mistaken identity, private detective, knife throwing, playing golf, prison, photographer, magnifying glass, mansion, sanitarium, reference to george washington, reference to tarzan, reference to j. edgar hoover, reference to napoleon, reference to humphrey bogart, san francisco california, murder, stethoscope, baroness, ring

Short Review

It's full of gags and it doesn't try to sabotage anything -- except gloom. In fact it's just the sort of "escapist" entertainment that the Communists find "subversive." Let those who will enjoy it. I did.

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