The other day I was goofing around on my phone and somehow (you know how it goes) I started following links and came across a page for the old TV show Lost In Space. So, as is my wont, I checked it out on IMDB. I had that little five minutes of nostalgia we all get when we come across one of those old things from our childhood. When I checked out the cast I saw June Lockhart, you know - everyone's favorite TV mom from the 50's and 60's (don't forget, she was Timmy's mom on Lassie too). It was a nice, cozy memory of TV back in the day, then I moved on to work or whatever it was I was supposed to be doing at that time. Well, wouldn't you know it, as so often happens to me, that night I turned on TCM and there was June Lockhart! I forget the role she played in T-Men, but there she was!
Okay, time to move on...T-Men starred Dennis O'Keefe, Mary Meade and did I mention - June Lockhart. The movie was a bit predictable for me, but something about it made me keep watching. I think the things that stuck out for me were 1 - the campy voice-over guy, and 2 - a character called The Schemer, played by Wallace Ford who played in one of my all-time favorite movies - Shadow of a Doubt. The Schemer was a little over-the-top, but there was just something I liked about him! And of course, there was June Lockhart (I think I had a crush on her when I was a kid)! I don't know what it was about this movie, but I couldn't turn it off!
REVIEWS: Film Noir of the Week has an excellent, technical review (full of spoilers), and Caftan Woman does an excellent job with background info.
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Did you ever spend ten nights in a Turkish bath looking for a man? Don't." - O'Brien
RATING: In some odd, indefinable way - pretty darn good!
WATCH IT AGAIN?: I think I would, if for no other reason than to figure out what attracted me to it!
DO I WANNA OWN IT?: I don't think so...but then again?
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