A radio announcer curses on air and accidentally befriends a bank robber. Pre-Code Hollywood was WILD.
Dix plays radio announcer Robert Parker, working at a station run by his girlfriend's father. Becoming a bit overexcited on the air, our hero lets slip a few (fortuitously unheard) profanities. Fired from his job, Parker enters into an amusing series of misadventures with veteran bank robber Jim Bailey (Charles Sellon).
Acting
Dix's manic energy vs. Sellon's deadpan criminal wisdom.
Writing
Pre-Code banter that somehow slipped past censors.
Direction
Tuttle keeps 60 minutes tighter than most 90-minute films.
Director
Frank Tuttle
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 1928 gem captures the exact moment before the Hays Code strangled Hollywood's creative freedom.
Charles Sellon played similarly crusty old-timers in over 100 films—this was his specialty.
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