Paramount Pictures
Directed by Clyde Bruckman
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)
Henpecked husband W.C. Fields deals with burglars who break into his basement and raid his stash of "apple jack". At his job, he makes up an excuse to get the afternoon off to see a wrestling match, leading to more unexpected consequences. The plot is irrelevant, it merely provides the setting for Fields's peculiar brand of comedy. His character, "Ambrose Wolfinger", is a frustrated husband stuck in an unhappy marriage, living with his mother-in-law and her loafing son, both of whom bear the brunt of his carefully controlled rage. However, when the opportunity arises he does not hesitate to throw a few punches their way. A slapstick comedy barely above the level of the Three Stooges, entertaining but hardly groundbreaking.
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