Irish Luck (1939)
1939 · Feature film · 50 min · dir. Howard Bretherton
HE'S NERVY! HE'S SNOOPY! HE'S RECKLESS! BUT HE'S GOT THE LUCK OF THE IRISH!
- Comedy
- Action
- Adventure
Synopsis
Buzzy O'Brien is a bellhop in a hotel where a guest is murdered. The police blame Kitty Monahan and Buzzy succeeds in helping her escape and hides her at his home with his mother. Buzzy and his pal Jefferson manage to fumble their way to finding the real killer who was after the stolen bonds carried by the victim. Based on Charles Molyneaux Brown's story "Death Hops the Bells."
Synopsis from OMDb
Details
- Director
- Howard Bretherton
- Writer
- Charles M. Brown
- Studio
- Monogram Pictures
- Released
- 1939-08-22
- Running time
- 50 minutes
Cast & crew
Howard Bretherton Director
Frankie Darro
Mantan Moreland
Dick Purcell- Sheila Darcy
Lillian Elliott
Dennis Moore
James Flavin
Tristram Coffin
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · No Blarney Here. · Do-Whack-A-Do · 2006-02-15
While this jumpy yet light harted romp is never going to be confused with a great film, it is none the less a fun and amusing way to spend and hour. The dialog is tite but dateda and the acting is classic B-Movie quality. I really enjoyed this one.
★★★★ · Irish Theam · Sinfuldreams · 2005-06-05
If you liked this you should watch " Chasing Trouble " also here. This is a good film. Acting is just ok. It's the Humor of this Irish Kid, always getting it wrong only to have things turn out alright! Seems it was a series, his Side Kick Jefferson is in Chasing Toruble as well. Funny worth watching. Frankie Darro Frankie 'Cupid' O'Brien Mantan Moreland Jefferson
★★★★ · Pretty good. · kareneliot · 2005-11-02
Good mystery plot.
★★★ · I'll carry my own bags, thank you. · picfixer · 2010-02-03
Murder in a big city hotel. On the case is Frankie Darro as the world's most annoying crime solving bellhop. Fortunately, Mantan Moreland is on hand to take some of the edge off. You'll wish his part was a whole lot bigger. If it had been this movie would have been a whole lot better - but of course that's true of almost every film he's in. As it is, the action is fast paced, and the plot almost believable if you fog your glasses and drop a few IQ points. If you have fifty minutes to waste, this one won't put you to sleep. FOOTNOTE: Darro and Moreland return in the sequel, "You're Out of…
