The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping-pill racket.The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping-pill racket.The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping-pill racket.
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Lita Grey
- Judge Rosalind Ballentine
- (as Lita Grey Chaplin)
Stan Freed
- Hal Holmes
- (as Stanley Freed)
Margaret Roach
- Nurse
- (as Peggy Roach)
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Did you know
- TriviaThe character Umberto Scalli brilliantly returns in Racket Girls from 1951. Making that movie something of a sequel with a very similar story line.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Racket Girls (1951)
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Hilarious - The Devil's Sleep
Unintentionally hilarious, The Devil's Sleep is almost as funny as Reefer Madness, another exploitation film about drugs made in 1936. This one was made in 1949 and there are more amateurs in this film than there are in the Olympic games.
Let's begin with the horrendous production values. Probably spent less than $100 on those. No lighting, sound or prop care. The direction is so bad it makes Wood movies seem professional. I really don't want to use the words actors or actresses, either, as that would be an insult to the profession at large.
Suffice it to say that the acting is so bad, I am sure no one read their lines in advance. Speaking of lines, there are a few good cracks in the film "The exercise I'm giving these fat dames won't reduce a fever" was pretty funny, and when the Judge says at a gathering "I'm glad this is over", truer words were never spoken. The fighting? Sequence looks like it was done for Pee Wee's Playhouse.
And the lead gangster? Onions Oregano was more convincing as a gangster in Soupy Sales than this turkey. None of these people were ever heard from again in film, or at best, were used when there was no one else available. See it for a laugh.
Let's begin with the horrendous production values. Probably spent less than $100 on those. No lighting, sound or prop care. The direction is so bad it makes Wood movies seem professional. I really don't want to use the words actors or actresses, either, as that would be an insult to the profession at large.
Suffice it to say that the acting is so bad, I am sure no one read their lines in advance. Speaking of lines, there are a few good cracks in the film "The exercise I'm giving these fat dames won't reduce a fever" was pretty funny, and when the Judge says at a gathering "I'm glad this is over", truer words were never spoken. The fighting? Sequence looks like it was done for Pee Wee's Playhouse.
And the lead gangster? Onions Oregano was more convincing as a gangster in Soupy Sales than this turkey. None of these people were ever heard from again in film, or at best, were used when there was no one else available. See it for a laugh.
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- Até o Diabo Dorme
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- Runtime1 hour 17 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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