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Yankee depredations have forced Cooper to become an outlaw, at least in the eyes of the scoundrels who administer justice. Out of a gunpoint encounter, he strikes up a friendship with an upright dude (Leif Erickson) from Boston who has become a U.S. marshal in Dallas. Cooper takes over Erickson's identity and fancy duds, his official mission and, at length, even his girl (Ruth Roman...
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...Arsenic and Old Lace, the picture manages nevertheless to make its irreverence amusing while generally clearing the hurdles of poor taste. It trips only when it tries to be conventional, i.e., with a love triangle in which Victor Mature, as a claims investigator, and local Insurance Agent Leif Erickson compete for the affections of Stella (Ann Sheridan), the family breadwinner, who is horrified by the schemes hatched by her ne'er-do-well relatives. As the kind of simple-shrewd, irresponsible character he plays best, Wayne is really the star of the movie, and he gets fine support from...
Before the deal went through, Schine told the committee, a Miami Beach detective dropped in and advised Schine: "I would say you should not let the concession go to Erickson ... We would rather you would give it to the local syndicate." This suggestion, said Schine, made him indignant. He told the detective that he had no right to tell him what bookie to install in his hotel. After all, as the detective well knew, bookmaking is illegal in Florida...
...three weeks later, Schine continued, the Miami Beach police put Erickson's bookies out of business, and the Roney Plaza naturally had to take a bookie from the local syndicate. In that case, reporters wanted to know later, did Hotelman Schine keep Erickson's $45,000? Why, of course, replied Schine...