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It's Wanton Murder

Ephemeral film · 9 min

Details

Running time
9 minutes
Collection
Prelinger Archives
Internet Archive item
0255_Its_Wanton_Murder_14_00_41_00

Reviews on the Internet Archive

★★★★ · Mmm Wantons! · Spuzz · 2018-01-12

More traffic crash fun, this time with Lowell Thomas! I wonder if, had I not viewed the thumbnails that I would've guessed where the film was heading. let's see, Lowell Thomas reads from a letter (this is a poor setup imho) about a regular Joe who is shipped off to war, making his wife wonder if he's going to come back in one piece. And wonders upon wonders, he does! But then.. as Lowell puts it, "life unfortunately, isn't like the movies!" soon, of course, Joe is the victim of a person making a bad turn, where he winds up with some other icky crash victim footage. Lowell Thomas tells us that…