Pot Luck

The title is a pun and one of the few funny things about this Aldwych farce.Tom Walls plays a retired detective who tries to retrieve a pot stolen from attendant Ralph Lynn.The thieves take it to their lair which is a house owned by Robertson Hare.It has to be said that the last half hour gets sillier and sillier but alas not in a very comic way.It does get a bit better about halfway through when Robertson Hare makes an appearance.He is one of those actors whose face makes me expect to burst out loud laughing at any minute.Although this film only lasts for 68 minutes it does seem a lot longer than that.only for addicts

A priceless vase is stolen by a master thief, who uses a very silly and far-fetched plan to dupe a stupid attendant into handing the vase over to him. The attendant then attempts, with the help of an Irish sleuth, to retrieve the vase in time for its owner to collect it without any knowledge of the ordeal. It's a middle-of-the-road C-grade plot for a very middle-of-the-road C-grade film. The first half is watchable; neither good nor bad but a bit of a let-down after the compelling first scene. The second half, which involves the attempt to retrieve the vase, is more exciting. This daft little film is the 30s equivalent of one of those brainless, unoriginal films like Tomb Raider - only with a lot more class and charm. Its strength is its cast - the always wonderful Tom Walls is great as the Irish detective, and Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare are good as - well, as the sort of twitty characters they always play. This is definitely one of the weaker films directed by Tom Walls, but the cast make it watchable.

"Pot Luck" is a little known comedy from 1936 which features a cast of unknowns. I had absolutely no idea about this comedy but decided to watch because I was curious, and I was pleasantly surprised with what I found.

A criminal hatches a plan to steal a valuable vase from a showcase. The dumb attendant hands it over and from then on he, his sister and a detective try to retrieve the vase. There are some exciting scenes, but then again there are some draggy scenes. On the whole, the movie held my attention quite well (I was not expecting it to).

It is quite funny and clever at times. Of course it is undoubtedly naive, but that doesn't bother me. I do not recommend this to everyone, I'm pretty sure people will be unamused and bored by it, but I enjoyed it and believe it is a little known movie that should have more credit.