As far as a film-noir story line this film fails to deliver. The young child actor Bobby Driscoll is a natural to play the young Tommy Woodry with the wild imagination. Until one day Tommy witnesses two adults that live above his apartment floor commit a murder. To no one's surprise Tommy's parents are the first to chalk Tommy's story of a murder upstairs to just that, only another of Tommy's wild imagination story telling.
The film lacked any real suspense and the bad guys reaction and their eventual fate was predictable. Boy versus crooks? Does the boy win or do the crooks keep their secret? By the end of the film I was bored so it did not even matter who won. To find out you will have to suffer through it just like I did.
Hurrah for actor Bobby Driscoll who was excellent as the young sleuth and rat. Too bad the story line was weak and ineffectve.
I give the film a 5 out of 10 rating.
The film lacked any real suspense and the bad guys reaction and their eventual fate was predictable. Boy versus crooks? Does the boy win or do the crooks keep their secret? By the end of the film I was bored so it did not even matter who won. To find out you will have to suffer through it just like I did.
Hurrah for actor Bobby Driscoll who was excellent as the young sleuth and rat. Too bad the story line was weak and ineffectve.
I give the film a 5 out of 10 rating.