It's Wanton Murder

★★★★ · You maybe next! · Wilford B. Wolf · 2004-09-28

Overwrought traffic safety film circa 1946, narrated by Lowell Thomas. You know this one will be a doozy just from the title, and it sure delivers. The film opens with Lowell Thomas sitting in the NBC Studios in New York, as if preparing for a radio broadcast. Thomas reads a letter from the wife of a veteran, with the voice alternating back and forth between that of the wife's and Thomas's. The letter goes on to say how the husband survived all the dangerous situations in the European theater to come home back to civilian life. Apperently, all the wife did during the war was wait and worry…

★★★★ · Mmm Wantons! · Spuzz · 2005-05-19

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…

★★★ · Oh Honey, You Made It Home from the War...d'oh!! · Christine Hennig · 2005-05-12

This strident traffic safety film from the 40s tells the story of a woman whose husband went out to fight the war and came home safely, only to be killed in a car accident, poor shmoe. Its actually somewhat surprising for its time as it actually shows some gory footage from real accidents. It also shows the empty chairs of accident victims, making it a prototype of many other drivers ed films to come. Ratings: Camp/Humor Value: ***. Weirdness: ***. Historical Interest: ****. Overall Rating: ***.

★★★ · Real funny is it? · Dr Feel Rotten · 2011-01-20

Do you morons think this was funny? People still get killed because someone else is in a hurry or gabbing on their cell phone. I bet if your wives or husbands were killed by someone in a hurry you would laugh at that too. It would be just hysterically funny to have to go to their funeral or to have to stop in traffic to see blood pouring out of them faster than anyone could replace it. It's just a riot when someone spends the rest of their lives in a wheel chair or hospital bed. If you're injured in a horrible wreck because someone else doesn't want to wait 30 seconds for a traffic light I…