Note: the spoiler I mention occurs in the first 10 minutes. I don't think knowing it will ruin the movie for you, but I mention it for full disclosure!
I'm with the naysayers on this one. This comes across as a hybrid of "It Happened One Night" and a Thin Man mystery and it simply does not work. You're better off watching the prior works for a 2nd or 3rd time than watching this one even once.
As others have remarked, there's no chemistry between Colbert and Stewart, and it's not very funny. Nor does it make much sense, and the illogic is compounded by too many lucky coincidences. Colbert plays a "runaway poetess." Right. That should be the tip-off to how little logic exists in this movie. We're not really rooting for any of the characters either. Stewart is in it totally for the money, and although his client has been framed for murder, he's a drunk and a complete jerk so there's not even an emotional reason to worry that he may go to the electric chair.
Everyone associated with this film has done far better work, which makes this one even worse -- "A" students turning in "C minus" work. So there is definitely a reason why it's not on DVD: it's a lousy movie!
I'm with the naysayers on this one. This comes across as a hybrid of "It Happened One Night" and a Thin Man mystery and it simply does not work. You're better off watching the prior works for a 2nd or 3rd time than watching this one even once.
As others have remarked, there's no chemistry between Colbert and Stewart, and it's not very funny. Nor does it make much sense, and the illogic is compounded by too many lucky coincidences. Colbert plays a "runaway poetess." Right. That should be the tip-off to how little logic exists in this movie. We're not really rooting for any of the characters either. Stewart is in it totally for the money, and although his client has been framed for murder, he's a drunk and a complete jerk so there's not even an emotional reason to worry that he may go to the electric chair.
Everyone associated with this film has done far better work, which makes this one even worse -- "A" students turning in "C minus" work. So there is definitely a reason why it's not on DVD: it's a lousy movie!