Tall, Dark and Handsome

1941
A
1h 18m

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Cesar Romero and Virginia Gilmore in Tall, Dark and Handsome (1941)

Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.Robin Hoodish gangster in 1929 Chicago is an object of affection, kind to New York hood and bad to a bad crook.

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6.6/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total

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Trivia
Swedish Censor Board no 64.154. This movie is totally forbidden to be shown to Swedish audiences - at least in 1942.

Connections
Referenced in Tall, Dark and Gruesome (1948)

Soundtracks
Hello Ma! I Done It Again
Lyrics by Leo Robin
Music by Ralph Rainger
Copyright 1940 Twentieth Century Music Corporation
Sung by Virginia Gilmore

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Featured review

6/10

No homicides, no bodies

From 20th Century Fox's B picture unit comes this little comic gem about a gangster who couldn't kill. Cesar Romero just can't quite bring himself to rub out rival Sheldon Leonard's many torpedoes sent against him. What he has is a private jail in the basement of his large estate where he just keeps them prisoners and treated pretty well at that. No homicides, no bodies.

He's also putting on a big campaign to win Virginia Gilmore complete with housekeeper Charlotte Greenwood and borrowed son Stanley Clements. It goes in fits and starts.

Sadly though Sheldon Leonard does kill rivals, but Romero's policy pays off in the end big time. The henchmen for both get some laughs with Milton Berle as Romero's top non-trigger man and Franks Jenks and Marc Lawrence as a pair of Leonard's hoods who benefit greatly from Romero's no homcide policy.

Tall, Dark, And Handsome got a Best Original Screenplay Oscar and I will say this one is most original.