I suspect that once Red Skelton moved into television, MGM got its revenge by filling out his movie contract with the 3 last films that were pretty run-of-the-mill pump them out movies. And this was the last of that bunch. Oh, it's not a bad film, but it's nothing special, either. In it, Skelton plays an orphaned adult who seeks his family, as he works as a diamond cutter. He falls for a con man's (lawyer's) routine who promises to find his family...for a fee. The family he finds is, of course, fake. And deceitful...they want to use Skelton's job to steel an expensive diamond.
The cast here is actually quite good. In addition to Red, who is at his sentimental (not comedy) best here, the cast includes Cara Williams as the fake sister...who ultimately falls in love with him, a fairly young James Whitmore as the detective, Kurt Kasznar as one of the crooks, and Reginald Owen as the owner of the jewelry store. Each does his/her job sufficiently, but no one stands out, either.
If you like sentimental light comedies, this will do fine, but don't expect the uproarious laughs you might have found in some of the other Skelton MGM comedies. It's an okay 70 minutes.
The cast here is actually quite good. In addition to Red, who is at his sentimental (not comedy) best here, the cast includes Cara Williams as the fake sister...who ultimately falls in love with him, a fairly young James Whitmore as the detective, Kurt Kasznar as one of the crooks, and Reginald Owen as the owner of the jewelry store. Each does his/her job sufficiently, but no one stands out, either.
If you like sentimental light comedies, this will do fine, but don't expect the uproarious laughs you might have found in some of the other Skelton MGM comedies. It's an okay 70 minutes.