Really nice seeing Sydney Greenstreet and Dane Clark giving their best in this 1947 comedy.
Greenstreet as the wealthy tycoon has never been funnier when he is talked into retirement from his auto Detroit firm and moves to the sunny skies of California. Bored and easily manipulated by his doctor, Sydney goes into partnership with Clark in a gas station. Pretty soon gangsters try to shake them down and the nonsense really begins since Greenstreet is using his chef's name.
Martha Vickers was given the role as Sydney's snooty daughter, becoming involved with Craig Stevens, who is working with the gangsters unknown to all.
The story becomes quite inane and it's hard for a film to succeed when the writing suffers.
Greenstreet as the wealthy tycoon has never been funnier when he is talked into retirement from his auto Detroit firm and moves to the sunny skies of California. Bored and easily manipulated by his doctor, Sydney goes into partnership with Clark in a gas station. Pretty soon gangsters try to shake them down and the nonsense really begins since Greenstreet is using his chef's name.
Martha Vickers was given the role as Sydney's snooty daughter, becoming involved with Craig Stevens, who is working with the gangsters unknown to all.
The story becomes quite inane and it's hard for a film to succeed when the writing suffers.