Brilliant French actor Michel Simon plays Boudu, a disheveled tramp. After his dog runs away, he tries to drown himself by jumping in the river. He is saved by a middle-aged bookseller who takes the tramp into his home. Boudu shows his gratitude by taking over the bookseller's house, bedding his wife, and courting his mistress/maid.
Director Jean Renoir laughs at a middle-class businessman whose more-or-less orderly existence is disrupted by the carefree loiterer.
Alfred Lynch is a small time thief and con man who has been forced into the army. He becomes pals with a Gypsy (Sean Connery) whose friendship and innocence he exploits to help him in his swindles.
Amusing, although Lynch has a one-note role that becomes tiresome. This film predates James Bond by several years, and Connery's Bond persona is nowhere in evidence.
Boris Karloff starred in five Mr. Wong Mysteries (1938-1940) for Monogram Pictures. San Francisco based Chinese detective James Lee Wong had originated in a Colliers Magazine series by Hugh Wiley. Karloff plays the highly educated detective in a dignified and low key manner. In each mystery, he assists Police Captain Sam Street (Grant Withers) find a murderer whose crimes have an Asian connection. The friendly interactions between Wong and Street, their mutual respect and cooperation provide the films with a…
Mr Moto, disguised as a mild archeologist, prevents an insurgency against the French colonial government of Cambodia.
