Smart Guy

1943 "HE GAMBLED WITH LOVE!"
7.3| 1h3m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 17 December 1943 Released
Producted By: Monogram Pictures
Country: United States of America
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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A gambler is about to stand trial for a crime he actually didn't commit. In order to brush up his "image", he adopts an orphaned newsboy.

Genre

Drama, Crime

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Director

Lambert Hillyer

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

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Smart Guy Audience Reviews

KnotMissPriceless Why so much hype?
AniInterview Sorry, this movie sucks
Afouotos Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
Deanna There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
JohnHowardReid Usually a film that's commercially available on DVD will attract lots of reviews, but this Monogram "B" seems to be the exception. That's a shame because Wanda McKay (rhymes with "high") has one of her most charming roles as the feminine lead. Admittedly, she's not billed as such, but her role is larger than that filled (in her usual "tough dame" style) by Veda Ann Borg. The other players are likewise never less than competent. In fact, Rick Vallin makes quite a pleasing hero (who handles the unpleasant situation he finds himself in with commendable fortitude) and even Bobby Larson is quite tolerable as the kid he rescues. However, the movie does come to a most disappointing conclusion when "Good" triumphs and the hero faces a one-to-five prison sentence for a "crime" that never happened. You'd think the scriptwriters could have come up with some sort of last-minute reprieve, however weak. Even a character witness who could destroy the credibility of the victim would be better than nothing. Or is the "message" of the movie really that all lawyers are viciously incompetent and that if you are accused of committing a crime that never occurred, you may as well plead guilty and be done with it. "Smart Guy" is one of only five or six Hollywood movies of the 1940s in which the vicious character wins the day and the hero loses out.