A Waste Of Everyone's Time, Except The Paychecks

While wife Louise Currie concentrates on first aid as her part of the war effort, Harry Langdon discovers a nest of German spies planning to blow up stuff and decides to take them out himself, rather than bothering the police, the FBI, or anyone competent.

With Jules White directing, I wasn't expecting anything funny. As a result, I was only mildly disappointed. White uses chase sequences that were the hot thing in 1907, and the usual assort of sound effects that indicate that everyone's head is made of rock and empty. The main pleasure in watching this movie is knowing that, even if they're not permitted to do anything funny, old-time comics like Blanche Payon, Vernon Dent, Stanley Blystone, and Bud Jamison got a paycheck.

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Harry is a patriotic citizen who starts a scrap drive but he soon encounters a group of Nazi spies and their hideout.

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