Friday, June 20, 2014

The Cracker-jack (1925)


East Coast Films
Directed by Charles Hines
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Undercrank Productions)

A short order cook becomes a revolutionary hero when he heads to a fictional country south of the border to sell his stuffed pickle invention. Johnny Hines is the fast thinking go-getter, outwitting his foes with cheese bullets, well-timed cannon balls rolled down a staircase railing or just throwing tacks in the road where his barefoot pursuers can step on them. The fun is doused, though, with a healthy dose of early Hollywood political incorrectness and gags which tend to be overly contrived. The final fight scene in the palace is a lot of fun, though.

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