A couple of roving vagabonds hitch a freight to the railroad town of Linda, and between bouts with the freight-yard bulls and other drifters, find romance in the persons of two waitresses at the camp restaurant. Meanwhile, two crooks are at-large, and the boys fall under suspicion.
Acting
Gleason and Armstrong's vaudeville chemistry carries the whole thing.
Direction
Garnett keeps things moving even when the plot doesn't.
Director
Tay Garnett
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was adapted from the hit play 'Is Zat So?', and the studio rushed it into production to capitalize on the Broadway stars' fame before talkie novelty wore off.
Released months before the Crash of '29, its cheerful depiction of homeless drifters would read very differently to audiences just one year later.
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