O Golpe Final

Lloyd Corrigan is the doting grandfather of Gigi Perreau. Her parents, alas, are dead, but nurse Trudy Marshall takes very good care of the little girl when Corrigan is away. She has a beau, in Michael Duane. He's a cop with the bunco squad. He's convinced Corrigan is a first-class confidence man and he's right. When Corrigan's associate, Rosalind Ivan comes to put the screws to him about who gets Miss Perreau vs, say, $10,000, Corrigan has another confidence game to play.

I love movies about confidence games, and there are a couple of classic ones here, including a pricey variant of the fiddle game. Director John Sturges has a tough time reconciling Corrigan's sympathetic nature with the strictures of the Production Code, but thanks to a good script and some nice performances by the likes of Al Bridge and Torben Mayer, does so handily. But what's the point of all that sand?

I'm adding reviews for films that lack one, here goes.... 'Early Sturges film, grandfather is guardian to his 5 year old granddaughter, who he rearing with the help of a young nurse, his 'profession' is confidence trickster, at which he is talented; but things get complicated when the nurse starts dating a policeman. It's a mostly little known cast, apart from Lloyd Corrigan who is the standout as granddad, Gigi Perreau is rather to cute as his granddaughter; worth a look good film.'