Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

Forumrxes Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

Siflutter It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

utgard14 Third in WB's fun Torchy Blane series. This time Torchy and Steve are about to get married but get sidetracked with another murder investigation. The particulars of this murder are a doozy. Four of Torchy's rival reporters stage a murder to stop the wedding but then the actor playing the victim actually winds up killed. Cast includes Anne Nagel, George E. Stone, William Hopper, Charley Foy, and Natalie Moorhead. Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane are especially cute together in this one.

dougdoepke The whodunit part is fairly complicated involving a newspaper rivalry, a faked murder that turns real, along with Torchy and her cop buddy trying to stay out of trouble. Logic-wise, the plot's more than the usual stretch.I haven't seen other entries in the Blaine series so I can't compare. This programmer, however, carries the earmarks of 30's style WB—fast paced, lots of street-wise mugs, few lengthy talk scenes, and a sassy blonde. Torchy (Farrell) is a cannily aggressive reporter who pairs up with cop Steve (Mac Lane) to scoop rival reporters. Note how, in one scene, she even takes over Steve's seat at the station house. There's some typical lowbrow humor from the likes of Tom Kennedy who specialized in such roles. And catch tough guy Mac Lane in what's almost a leading man role, certainly a departure for him. Likely a handsomer Lawler (Hugo) was added to compensate in the looks department. I guess I missed Perry Mason's William Hopper who's in the credits, but short on screen time.Anyway, the programmer's okay as a time passer, especially if you keep a note pad to keep up with the plot, but otherwise it's nothing special.(In passing—Over the years, I've surmised that whenever viewers see a city street closed off at one end by a cross street, that means it's a back lot set, as is the case here.)

gridoon2018 Leonard Maltin calls this film one of the better entries in the Torchy Blane series, but I think it is easily the worst one out of the first three at least. The premise that sets the plot in motion (rival reporters staging a fake murder to discredit Torchy and delay her wedding to Steve) is dated at best, stupid at worst (is a hoax like that worth risking your job at the very least, and possibly spending a few years behind bars?). The crime plot itself begins with a classic setup of the genre (the "fake" murder happens for real), but soon gets muddled, not helped by the fact that two important female characters look so much alike. One very funny line, though: - humming Gahagan: "How do you like my execution?" - angry reporter: "I'm in favor of it!". *1/2 out of 4.

bkoganbing I like the Torchy Blane character and the way Glenda Farrell played her in the Warner Brothers series. But this third episode probably could have sank the whole series.Glenda Farrell and Barton MacLane are about to be married which of course will make them even closer. Both the police and Farrell's fellow reporters see problems. But the reporters in their infinite wisdom decide to do something about it.Can you believe these lugnuts decide to stage a fake murder of and hire a ham actor to play the part? But then the ham actor really does turn up dead, leaving another mystery for Farrell and MacLane to solve.Call me just an old fuddy duddy but I seem to remember their being laws against this sort of thing. There sure is in making a false report of a crime. In real life a lot of the working press of Torchy's city would have been filing their stories from the big house. And that's even if this thing had stayed just a gag.Incredibly stupid movie.