I wouldn't advise you to go out and seek "The Town Went Wild" on its own, but if you find it in a cheap collection of multiple movies like I did, it's worth a shot. Of course, you'll probably have to settle for a pretty damaged print, with entire frames and dialogue lines missing. The film is no classic, but it's a likable little "comedy of errors". The premise - boy & girl fall in love but just before getting married they discover they are brother & sister! - is bold and unusual for the 1940s, but the film has a safe, reassuring happy ending. But although this ending may be predictable, the path to it is less so. The entire (largely unknown today - the only one I recognized was Tom Kennedy, Gahagan in the "Torchy Blane" series, in a two-second cameo) cast is competent, and Jill Browning, who only made a couple of films, is a classic all-American sweetheart. **1/2 out of 4.
Review of The Town Went Wild
