A man (Tom Conway) stumbles into the street and almost gets hit by cabbie Patty Mitchell (Ann Rutherford). He's been hit over the head and has no memories at all. She helps him to regain his memories and his connection to a recent murder.
It's a comedic noir murder mystery. The screwball comedy has a few laughs. It's fun to have the bumbling reporter and cop repertoire. The comedy starts right from Harry. The plot doesn't really make sense. Patty should take him to the hospital or the police right away no matter what the guy says. He needs medical help even if he's not a murder suspect. The situation may work better if the cabbie is a man and a damsel in distress has amnesia. In that case, the guy could be thinking with his little brain rather than the big brain. This works better as a comedy than a noir mystery. The two genres don't coexist easily together.
It's a comedic noir murder mystery. The screwball comedy has a few laughs. It's fun to have the bumbling reporter and cop repertoire. The comedy starts right from Harry. The plot doesn't really make sense. Patty should take him to the hospital or the police right away no matter what the guy says. He needs medical help even if he's not a murder suspect. The situation may work better if the cabbie is a man and a damsel in distress has amnesia. In that case, the guy could be thinking with his little brain rather than the big brain. This works better as a comedy than a noir mystery. The two genres don't coexist easily together.