Lingerie salesman Johnny Dill, thought to be a killer gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.Lingerie salesman Johnny Dill, thought to be a killer gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.Lingerie salesman Johnny Dill, thought to be a killer gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.
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- Little Joe's Driver
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Ted Adams
- Court Clerk
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Stanley Andrews
- Mr. Jones - Underwear Customer
- (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
- Allen's Cellmate
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDespite the etiquette of the time, prohibiting it, men are seen wearing their hats on indoors.
- GoofsSupposedly taking place circa 1931, the film makes no attempt at period style or decor and sinks into a sea of anachronisms. All the women's clothes and hair styles as well as musical arrangements are contemporary 1947; the automobiles, though pre-war, are also of a much later vintage, mostly late 1930s and early 1940s.
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Immediately forgettable
Salesman Johnny Dill (Stuart Erwin) gets confused for a mob boss. Much alleged hilarity ensues.
This will be short and sweet - I didn't care for Killer Dill. The main character and his supposed comic antics really annoyed me. Very little of it worked. And, to make matters worse, I didn't care for Erwin in the Dill role. He doesn't have the physical presence necessary to play the heavy. The writing is lame and childish with Dill going in and out of tough guy mode and none of the other characters seeming to notice. Ugh! There's not much here to recommend.
The only real highlights for me were Mike Mazurki and Milburn Stone. Both gentlemen acquitted themselves well and deserved to be in something better than this.
Overall, Killer Dill is an immediately forgettable film. I think my rating is more than generous and based almost solely on Mazurki and Stone.
4/10.
This will be short and sweet - I didn't care for Killer Dill. The main character and his supposed comic antics really annoyed me. Very little of it worked. And, to make matters worse, I didn't care for Erwin in the Dill role. He doesn't have the physical presence necessary to play the heavy. The writing is lame and childish with Dill going in and out of tough guy mode and none of the other characters seeming to notice. Ugh! There's not much here to recommend.
The only real highlights for me were Mike Mazurki and Milburn Stone. Both gentlemen acquitted themselves well and deserved to be in something better than this.
Overall, Killer Dill is an immediately forgettable film. I think my rating is more than generous and based almost solely on Mazurki and Stone.
4/10.
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- bensonmum2
- Jul 15, 2021
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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