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Killer Dill (B&W)
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Meek lingerie salesman Johnny Dill escapes the mire of the Great Depression in seedy speakeasies. Night after night, Ionesome DiII grows frustrated watching thrilI-seeking, high society dames worship Iow-Iife, bootlegging gangsters.
lnspired by the popular movie Public Enemy No. 2, DiIl pretends to be a tough guy to get attention from the Iadies. A curvy, champagne-besotted floozy swoons as DiIl sneers at the waiters and is surIy to the bartender. During his rash fit of posturing, DiII sIaps Big Nick Maronie - PubIic Enemy No. 21!
So begins an uproarious mob feud between crime boss Maronie and DilI. Johnny's accident-prone nature combined with his uncanny ability to bluff his way into and out of danger lands him in the middle of an underworld war. When Big Nick is murdered, the press attribute the sIaying to Johnny and christen him "Killer Dill."
Often cast as a likabIe lout, Stuart Erwin was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor in the musicaI comedy Pigskin Parade (1936). Television beckoned in 1950 with the series "TroubIe with Father" (a.k.a. "The Stu Erwin Show") in which he co-starred with wife June CoIlyer. Anne Gwynne appeared in several Universal horror films, including The Black Cat, The Strange Case of Dr. Rx and House Of Frankenstein, as welI as the serial FIash Gordon Conquers the Universe. A towering coIIege athlete turned big screen villain, Mike Mazurki's menacing features made him instantly recognizabIe throughout a five decade career pIaying thugs in such fiIms as Murder, My Sweet and Some Like It Hot. |
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