Dead Men Walk (1943)
2/10
not 100% wretched
16 January 2006
This must be a rotten film if I label it "not 100% wretched". That's because although most of the plot is very familiar and the acting is lousy (apart from the competent Zucco), there are one or two reasonably decent moments AND the movie is, thankfully, only 60 minutes long. Oh, and it could be worse--the Bowery Boys COULD have been in it. Otherwise, this is a very forgettable poverty row picture; i.e., a film made by an ultra-cheap minor film studio and intended only as a B-feature. I only watched it because every so often I watch stupid old films in the hope that they will be so bad that they are funny (such as PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE). Unfortunately, this film isn't THAT bad, so my advice is only watch it if you have absolutely NOTHING else you could possibly do!

Incidentally, this film has sometimes been labeled a "horror film". This is a slight mistake--the label should read "horrible film".
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