A surprisingly successful resurrection of Mack Sennett-style slapstick written by cartoonist/gagwriter/director Tashlin and directed by the ever-steady hand of Bacon. Rubber-faced comic Carson stars as a hapless ice-cream-truck driver who must suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous
sight gags. While out on his route, Carson is seduced into participating in a payroll robbery by sexy vamp Wallace. After the job, Carson finds himself running both from the crooks (led by TV's George "Superman" Reeves) who want to bump him off and from the cops who want him in the hoosegow. This,
of course, opens the floodgates for an abundance of well-staged slapstick gags which ma...
Released:
1950
Rated:
NR
Length:
79 mins