Jane Darwell definitely stole this film here as the slick grandmother, way ahead of her time who wants her grandson to take his legacy and open a business with it. Eddie Albert is the grandson and he elopes with Joan Leslie, the girl of his dreams.
The problem is that the legacy has been handed over to a bunch of crooks, led by Anthony Quinn. A full payout to them would come only if the mother, played hysterically by Minna Gombell, is dead.
Alan Hale as Darwell's son-in-law is also along for the ride. The film is basically inane because whoever heard of such a practice of legacy with the mother having to die before a full payment is made? How Darwell outwits the gangsters is amusing by film's end.
The problem is that the legacy has been handed over to a bunch of crooks, led by Anthony Quinn. A full payout to them would come only if the mother, played hysterically by Minna Gombell, is dead.
Alan Hale as Darwell's son-in-law is also along for the ride. The film is basically inane because whoever heard of such a practice of legacy with the mother having to die before a full payment is made? How Darwell outwits the gangsters is amusing by film's end.