When Anthony Quinn was the surprise best supporting actor Oscar winner in 1956 for "Lust for Life," nominee Mickey Rooney turned to fellow nominee Robert Stack and said to him: "We were robbed!" Rooney should have mention the audiences that went to see this movie five years earlier. It was a colossal bomb of great magnitude.
The picture might have partially succeeded had they allowed it to become a totally comedy. There are parts where Rooney appears ready to break out in a comedy routine. That would have fared so much better.
The writing is awful and Robert Stack is stiff and totally miscast as the gangster brother in Mexico, who gets a surprise visit from brother Rooney. Most of the movie is where Stack is trying to fend off Rooney and Robert Preston, as a deputy,is constantly getting Rooney out of various scrapes. The whole thing is tedious at best and just does not work.
Can you imagine how lousy this film is when Rooney actually gets Stack's girl at the end? The ending itself, like the rest of the film, is ridiculous. What was Stack trying to pull? Was he a male Mr. Christopher from "The House on 92nd Street?"
A terrible film of major proportions.
The picture might have partially succeeded had they allowed it to become a totally comedy. There are parts where Rooney appears ready to break out in a comedy routine. That would have fared so much better.
The writing is awful and Robert Stack is stiff and totally miscast as the gangster brother in Mexico, who gets a surprise visit from brother Rooney. Most of the movie is where Stack is trying to fend off Rooney and Robert Preston, as a deputy,is constantly getting Rooney out of various scrapes. The whole thing is tedious at best and just does not work.
Can you imagine how lousy this film is when Rooney actually gets Stack's girl at the end? The ending itself, like the rest of the film, is ridiculous. What was Stack trying to pull? Was he a male Mr. Christopher from "The House on 92nd Street?"
A terrible film of major proportions.