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Viewing Date: 12/4/2003
Posting Date: 5/2/2004
Directed by Robert F. Hill
Featuring Lloyd Hughes, Sheila Bromley, Forrest Taylor
A secret service agent is called in to investigate the theft of the plans for remote control bombs. I thank the powers that be for Fuzzy Knight and Syd Saylor; as respectively the down-on-his-luck boxer Lefty Hogan and his manager Red, they provide the comic relief of the movie, and easily steal the show. This is not to say that they are particularly good, mind you; if the truth be told, they're rather lame. Nonetheless, they really seem to be having fun with their schtick, and that easily makes them the most appealing thing in this static Sam Katzman cheapie that for the most part seemed to me to be the cinematic equivalent of a very large and very slow elephant gradually but inexorably sitting on your head. The plot features both the above-mentioned remote-control bombs and hypnotism as its fantastic elements, though actually the most impressive special effect is a scene-stealing performance from Syd Saylor's neck.
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