Baby Face Morgan

Rating:
Summary: Baby Face "Boring"!
Review: This low-budget gangster comedy from 1942 is surprisingly boring for a movie that barely last an hour. Of course, your standards can't be too high for an Alpha dvd, and I guess I got my money's worth. The picture and sound quality leave a lot to be desired, but then again this is no classic!

The plot is simple: when the tough mob boss, "Big Mike" Morgan, dies, no one knows who should take over his mob. That is, until they remember Morgan had a son, and so they begin looking for the potential mob boss. They stumble upon "Babyface" Morgan, a dim-witted soda jerk who's mistaken as the late mob boss' son.

They soon figure out who he really is, and so they persuade him to pretend to play the part of the mob boss in order to protect themselves from rival mobs. What "Babyface" Morgan doesn't know is that his gang of equally dim-witted criminals have tricked him into being a patsy, and soon his blind stupidity gives way to rage. Also, the woman he loves (Virginia Clark) has been mistreated by mobsters.

The showdown at the end is as laughable as the film itself, and not in a good way. It was almost impossible to become attached to any of the characters in such a short time, and the jokes are mildly entertaining at best. This is good enough to see once, but that's about it! My advice is to look elsewhere for an entertaining gangster film.