A dizzy old spinster gets involved in the boxing racket and gangland murders.
Zasu Pitts
Aunt Emma Bates
Roger Pryor
Terry Connors
Warren Hymer
Joe Gormley
Douglas Fowley
Gus Hammond
Gwen Kenyon
Maris
Elizabeth Russell
Zelda LaFontaine
Tris Coffin
Flower Henderson
Dick Elliott
Evans
Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart
Mickey O’Banion
Stanley Blystone
Detective Miller
Eleanor Counts
Gracie
Jack Mulhall
Burns
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Screenplay
George Bricker
Screenplay
Edmond Kelso
Story
Harry Hervey
June 26, 2022
6
What makes this daft little crime thriller so much fun, is the underlying premiss that even the nastiest of criminal types will still defer to a determined, feisty old lady - even if they would otherwise happily pull out the teeth of their enemies with a blunt screwdriver! Zasu Pitts is just such an old spinster, who becomes ensnared with a gang who are rigging boxing matches before unexpectedly (and really completely implausibly) being implicated with the deadly murderess "Ma Parker"! It's a lovely, simple little yarn - peppered with some wonderfully Mary Poppins-esque language; never a cuss word crosses her lips; and her ability to get squiffy by just holding the glass adds a gentle, friendly, class to this simple story. There are others in the cast, but they don't - nor do they really try to - shine a candle to our "Aunt Emma".
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$0.00
Revenue:
$0.00