Great cast of actors who usually play in real gangster /Film Noir pictures, such as Mike Mazurki, Anthony Warde and Ben Welden made this parody even more funny.

I enjoyed watching Milburn Stone. His mannerisms are quite familiar as Doc Adams.

This was such a great movie! The little touches here and there are what put it over for my giving it a five-star rating. Like the obvious spoof of James Cagney in the movie The Public Enemy. Without giving too much away, let me just say that you won't be wasting your time to download this movie and watch it. You'll enjoy it all the way through. I also think this has the potential to be a very funny remake, if it was done today and if done right. Hollywood.... are you listening?

kpi

There aren't too many really good movies here, but this is one. I was bemused all the way through this fine comedy.

The description given for this film is wrong. He is not an exact double for a gangster. A lingerie salesman, tired of being a nice guy and fearful of losing his girl, sees if he can act the tough guy by pretending to be a gangster and trouble ensues.

I watched the mpeg1. The audio and video are good.

i thought the gags were pretty clever, and the plot, while silly, was pretty decent.
onther "guy gets mistaken for famous guy" movie, but not bad at all...

Sometimes we find a good movie rated too low, like this one. Watch it and rate it high so more people will want to see it.

Killer Dill is similar to another movie IÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂve seen recently, ÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂBabyface MorganÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ about a regular schmo who is somewhat placed into the criminal underworld by accident, to hilarious results! In Killer DillÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs case though, the results are pretty lame though. A regular guy, played by Stuart Ervin, is fighting with his brother for the attention of a goil. She likes adventure in her men, and Ervin isnÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt cutting it. However, when he notices that she kind of gets off on Gangster men, he tries to be like one, and gets way over his head when the local Mafioso lay the blame on him for an inside whack job on Public Enemy # 21. (Possibly the best joke in the movie). During the trial, heÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs found innocent, but like O.J., Blake et al, everyone believes heÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs actually Guilty! So he has to prove heÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs guilty before thereÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs another inside whack job, this time on him..
This is just ok I guess. The plot is somewhat blah, the humor somewhat silly, and thereÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs some rather unnessecary characters placed for length. (Like the curiously, for no reason whatsoever, Scottish (!!) undertakers) and a rather lack of energy throughout this.

I recognized a lot of these characters in the film and especially Milburn Stone, oleÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ Doc Adams of TVÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂs Gunsmoke playing public enemy # 24. The new public enemy # 21 starring as Killer Dill, I donÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt know his name and Little Joe always starred as the bad guy in these old moviesÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ canÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂt remember his name either. This is another one of those all star cast shows of yesteryear and their names are soon to be forgotten if we as collectors ever die off heh, heh.

Like a former fellow Old Time Movies fan mentioned in the review they made just sit back and relaxÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂ enjoy the movie. It may have been a low budget movie but it had a good story, plot, suspense was there and funnier than our last baseball season. You may not laugh your head off butt youÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂll know something has tickled your funny bone.

Try it. YouÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂÃÂll like it.

Travis

A naive salesman is off beamed for a mob hit man in this comedy of errors.

The Summery:
The film stomps a hilarity trail formerly taken by such films as "Mr. Lemon of Orange" and "The Whole Town's Talking". Stuart Erwin stars as Johnny Dill, door-to-door salesman who transpires to be the precise doppelganger of a villainous Prohibition delinquent. When the wicked chap puts to death an opponent, unfortunate Dill is certainly in a pickle. Our male protagonist finds himself stuck between the forces of good, epitomized by lawyer Allen (Frank Albertson), and the underlings of iniquity, played by such veteran movie heavies as Mike Mazurki, Anthony Warde and Ben Welden

Well ! The story goes overboard. Stuart Erwin handles role capably. Frank Albertson, the attorney, is good and a number of excellent character spots are strongly filled. Anne Gwynne has little to do as femme lead except look gorgeous. Max M. King production was well cinematographed by William Sickner.(manavkaushik at hotmail)

The film is set in the Prohibition era ,about 1930. However it was made in 1947 and the actors clothing and the film sets are of 1947. It would have added much interest if the clothing and sets(particularly the night club scene) were authentic 1930. But this is a low budget film and the producers would not have been able to afford such extras. When I see such B Films, I just sit and enjoy the way the story unfolds,in an uncomplicated manner, aided by the skilled filmic technique. I enjoyed this comedy,