The Devils Sleep (1949)
1949 · Feature film · 79 min · dir. W. Merle Connell
Today's Moral MENACE !.. Daring expose of the devil drug traffic in 'Bennies', 'Goofies' and 'Phenos' as it really exists.
- Drama
Synopsis
The head of an illegal drug ring uses a women's health spa as a front for his sleeping-pill racket.
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- W. Merle Connell
- Writer
- Richard S. McMahan
- Cinematography
- William C. Thompson
- Studio
- Screen Art Pictures Corp.
- Released
- 1949-05-18
- Running time
- 79 minutes
Cast & crew
- W. Merle Connell Director
Lita Grey
John Mitchum
Timothy Farrell- Stan Freed
- William Thomason
- Tracy Lynne
- George Eiferman
- Laura Travers
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★ · Colossally, Stunningly, Stupendously Bad! · picfixer · 2013-05-18
That Timothy Farrell ("Glen or Glenda," "Dance Hall Racket," etc) has a leading role tells us all we need to know. Words cannot describe this screwy exploitation flick. You'll have to experience the catastrophe for yourself. A real find for atrocious movie lovers. Three stars for the jaw-dropping awfulness of it all. CAST TRIVIA: Timothy Farrell's character name (Umberto Scalli) is the same in three feature films: "The Devil's Sleep," "Racket Girls" and "Dance Hall Racket." I would love to know the backstory behind this one!
★★★ · The Previous Review Is Not All We Need To Know · bobsluckycat · 2013-06-27
Granted this is a perfectly awful mish-mash that could only have been by made by the group at Weiss Global. Some current names in the news, a hokey plot, some music, some crazyiness. It's totallity a relic It was the first writing credit for a young 24 year old ex-marine named Arnold Rothman, a rubber-faced crazy comedian, writer, director, producer and executive who after this did a few films as an actor and writer in the 50's both in films and on television a lot with and for Martin and Lewis. Television was where he became a famous hit maker. A partial list of his hit series include "The…
