Yes, a very low-budget movie ...
Funny things:
1 Laura's "upset" at her dad's murder. Ho-hum!
2 A line-up of 5 messengers chosen off the street just happens to include the hit man. How convenient to move the story along!
3 The police station just seemed to consist of the line-up room and Brewster's office.
4 Niles's willingness to cooperate with the police, who continually gave him a hard time and difficult tasks. I hope they gave him a medal.
5 Bringing the chief witness into the same room with Niles, a suspect, at that point.
6 Armitage ... the playboy sophisticate and then the thick-headed sidekick thug. Duh!
7 Laura's romance with Stretch. Didn't his name sound alarms? The romantic beach scene really raised my blood pressure.
8 The police officers and Laura in the room overhear Stretch's admission of guilt and then allow Laura to confront the villain by herself and then the police officers arrive singularly themselves to allow the climactic fistfight.
9 The little "Stretch" beating up first the bigger Niles and then Brewster (though Brewster looked a bit long in the tooth to be getting involved in slugfests).
10 When all was said and done, I'm still not sure how the murdered Mansfield (and he looked pretty old) was supposed to be a thorn in the side of Armitage's nightclub rackets.🐭
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