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30/11/1955 Crime, Drama 1h 17m
60
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World's Most Beautiful Bait!

Overview

Following WWII, ex-G.I. Stan opened up a drive-in restaurant. His girlfriend, Joanie, is one of the car hops. They want to get married someday, but the less-than-stellar business the restaurant takes in puts a hold on that plan. One day, Joanie's ne’er-do-well brother Frank blows into town with a money-making scheme. She's against it, but Stan - an inveterate gambler - finds the promise of riches too seductive to resist…

  1. Lou Breslow

    Writer

  2. Nathan Juran

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Frank Lovejoy

    Stanley E. 'Stan' Fabian

  2. Mari Blanchard

    Joanie Daniel

  3. Richard Denning

    Frank Daniel

  4. John Mylong

    Herr Koenig

  5. Harry Lauter

    Sgt. Mike Jancoweizc

  6. Steven Ritch

    Ramon 'Ray' Torres

  7. Louis Merrill

    Herr Schmitt (as Lou Merril)

  8. Vince Barnett

    Ed - Stan's Partner in Drive-In (uncredited)

  9. Phil Bloom

    Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-11-14
This is just a bit too convoluted for it's own good. It's all about a scheme to retrieve some gold from Germany buried at the end of WWII by Richard Denning ("Frank"). Frank Lovejoy ("Stan") and his gal Mari Blanchard ("Joanie") are the pair trying to manoeuvre their mark into taking them back to find the loot, but they also they have an ulterior motive of which poor old "Frank" is unaware. It's got a few twists and turns to keep the plot moving, but much of the story seems to exist in order to perpetuate itself, rather than offer us anything to get our teeth into and after a while it becomes ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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