The film opens with Arch Hall Sr. (who wrote the screenplay) as a reporter/narrator. He tells us mournfully that "our greatest national resource was in danger. I wasn't thinking about oil or water or things like that." Hey genius, take a trip to the Gulf of Mexico.
The plot: a bunch of losers go into the car stripping business. They have names like "Cruiser," "Snooper," and "Torch." They all get caught or killed by the cops. The movie is done in 65 minutes.
This film is just weird. It has a veteran actor, Tom Brown, who was about 46 when he made this film. He looks 66. However, give him credit - he is the only one who can act. He plays an insurance investigator. His secretary/girlfriend/whatever is played by 20-year-old blonde Marianne Gaba. So give Brown even more credit. Apparently he can do something else.
Arch Hall Jr. Plays the brains behind the organization. As Groucho Marx would say, "that'll give you some idea of the organization." He drives a neat hotrod and keeps a lookout for cops, while the gang drives a poultry truck and strips cars. In one unintentionally hilarious scene, Hall barks orders to the gang using a giant walkie-talkie. "There are bandits approaching, and you are on a dead end street. Reverse!" "You turned the wrong way!" Hey genius, there is only one way to turn.
At least Hall does not have to carry the film, since the other non-actors get equal time. Unfortunately, he does his obligatory singing; it's some ditty called "Monkeys in my Hatband." (The next line is "I can do a handstand.") He also listens to himself singing on his car radio. The extra-large Bruno VeSota plays the owner of a salvage joint, where the gang fence their car parts. VeSota is bigger than most of the vehicles in his lot.
Brown discovers a chicken feather at the scene of one of the stripped cars, which helps unravel the mystery. He smokes a cigarette near an overturned car. Hey genius, there is gas in that tank.
The cops create a decoy car, and when the gang tries to strip it, the fuzz move in. As the gang drives off with the heat approaching from the other direction, Torch delivers the best line in the film. "Hang on, we're gonna play chicken." Hey genius, you're in a poultry truck.
Arch Hall Sr. Interviews Torch's father, who is obviously the product of in-breeding. After hearing the moron ramble, Hall Sr. Tells his audience "ladies and gentlemen, when you pick up your morning newspaper and read about some youngster getting into trouble and wonder why, I think you've heard one good answer."
For the finale, Hall Sr. Walks up to the captured Hall Jr. And asks "you got anything to say son?" "Yeah," comes the reply. "We had a ball ... a real ball." Viewers did not.
The plot: a bunch of losers go into the car stripping business. They have names like "Cruiser," "Snooper," and "Torch." They all get caught or killed by the cops. The movie is done in 65 minutes.
This film is just weird. It has a veteran actor, Tom Brown, who was about 46 when he made this film. He looks 66. However, give him credit - he is the only one who can act. He plays an insurance investigator. His secretary/girlfriend/whatever is played by 20-year-old blonde Marianne Gaba. So give Brown even more credit. Apparently he can do something else.
Arch Hall Jr. Plays the brains behind the organization. As Groucho Marx would say, "that'll give you some idea of the organization." He drives a neat hotrod and keeps a lookout for cops, while the gang drives a poultry truck and strips cars. In one unintentionally hilarious scene, Hall barks orders to the gang using a giant walkie-talkie. "There are bandits approaching, and you are on a dead end street. Reverse!" "You turned the wrong way!" Hey genius, there is only one way to turn.
At least Hall does not have to carry the film, since the other non-actors get equal time. Unfortunately, he does his obligatory singing; it's some ditty called "Monkeys in my Hatband." (The next line is "I can do a handstand.") He also listens to himself singing on his car radio. The extra-large Bruno VeSota plays the owner of a salvage joint, where the gang fence their car parts. VeSota is bigger than most of the vehicles in his lot.
Brown discovers a chicken feather at the scene of one of the stripped cars, which helps unravel the mystery. He smokes a cigarette near an overturned car. Hey genius, there is gas in that tank.
The cops create a decoy car, and when the gang tries to strip it, the fuzz move in. As the gang drives off with the heat approaching from the other direction, Torch delivers the best line in the film. "Hang on, we're gonna play chicken." Hey genius, you're in a poultry truck.
Arch Hall Sr. Interviews Torch's father, who is obviously the product of in-breeding. After hearing the moron ramble, Hall Sr. Tells his audience "ladies and gentlemen, when you pick up your morning newspaper and read about some youngster getting into trouble and wonder why, I think you've heard one good answer."
For the finale, Hall Sr. Walks up to the captured Hall Jr. And asks "you got anything to say son?" "Yeah," comes the reply. "We had a ball ... a real ball." Viewers did not.