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...that's where the hero (Humphrey Bogart) comes in. Sportswriter Bogart is all too ready to reach for the folding money, even if he has to get his hands a little dirty. Nick offers him 10% of Toro's take to handle...
Comes another hitch. The champ (Max Baer) gets sore at some of Bogart's publicity, refuses to play along with Benko's boy. "Carry him for six rounds," Benko begs. "You don't want to louse up the film rights." Baer refuses, and what happens next is a ghastly digest of the 1934 fight, in which Baer gave Carnera the most brutal beating he ever took (eleven knockdowns in eleven rounds), and won the heavyweight championship. The eleven rounds are condensed into several of the most savage minutes seen on screen in recent years, and when they...
...national TV hookup.* Unfortunately, a makeup artist named Jacques Mario Jean Petrovich goes into a dither over Mrs. Adams' "firm ample tummy [which] was shaped like the underside of a round 15-inch skillet." The pair are about to start cooking with gas when Blade starts playing Bogart with Jacques's face ("Slap...
...action begins when Bogart, as an army captain, attempts to discover why his army buddy was killed. Noble Humphrey not only finds the killers, but also his dead chum's true love, night club singer Lizabeth Scott. He likes the way she sings. That she talks like a hoarse Lauren Bacall and sings like a wounded sea lion does not deter our boy Bogart...
Given this intriguing situation as well as an intriguing playmate, Bogart proceeds with some dialogue which is best noted for double meanings. He also proves his worth as a philosopher with such gems as the notion that women should be pocket sized, except at certain times. Lizabeth comments that all he wants a woman for is "love." Bogart leers innocently...