Ann Loring, who is in this movie and recently passed away was my 88 year old mother's favorite cousin. It would mean so much to her to have a copy of this movie or Ms. Loring's other movie Robin Hood of El Dorado. If anyone knows where these might be available please let me know.
Thank you!
It was on TCM today and I saw it and loved it. I hope you caught it. I have always liked Lionel Atwill and He played a great part as the plotting G A Axton. I was a little sad by the way they ended the picture by offing Judy and Jack. If it comes on again I'll tape it and put it on disk and send you one.
love ya,
Robert
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It will air on TCM at 8:15 AM (ET) on Tuesday, 1/21/2014.
shareWatching it now.
It's a very good story with a really great cast.
I just finished watching it, and it was insanely good, quite a hoot. I wish I had recorded it.
There *were* some flaws. For instance, the characters Jack and Judy were somewhat written and played like cartoon characters. It would have been better if they were more realistic and too dumb; Jack was ready to shoot somebody whenever that person even spoke, like a mean child who just discovered how fun it was to play with a real gun.
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The part when Jack and Judy wouldn't allow the runway lights to be turned on was really dumb, and it seemed unfaithful to Lionel Atwill's character that he hadn't pointed out to them that they would get much more attention, including by police, if the plane crashed than if it merely made a forced landing at their hide-out. If he had told them, I would have expected them to consider that and decide to allow the plane to land safely after all. If they had done so the situation would have turned out radically better for them.
That was bearable, though it did somewhat ruin the suspension of disbelief that is necessary for a movie to succeed, unless it is a slapstick comedy that isn't supposed to believable.
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It also reminded me of other movies with people being held captive for an extended period by criminals on the run, such as "The Petrified Forest", and even "The Desperate Hours" (1955) and "Key Largo" (1948).
In final evaluation, it was a good picture, and I'd cautiously recommend it to other people. I'm glad I saw it.