Two phone company goofs vs. actual criminals in a burning building—what could go wrong?
Joe and Casey trouble-shoot for the phone company. They try to prove that Joes's girl Ethel's boss Dan is a crook but are trapped by criminals and left in a burning building.
Acting
Oakie's motor-mouth energy vs. Tracy's simmering straight man
Direction
Wellman keeps the burn-the-building climax genuinely tense
Director
William A. Wellman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was Tracy's 23rd film in just four years at Fox—studio contract players were WORKED.
The 'phone company troubleshooter' hero archepeaks here—Depression audiences loved watching working stiffs outsmart better-dressed criminals.
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