Killer Dill

1947
Approved
1h 15m

IMDb RATING

5.5/10

183

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Frank Albertson, Stuart Erwin, and Anne Gwynne in Killer Dill (1947)

Comedy Crime

Lingerie salesman Johnny Dill, thought to be a killer gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.Lingerie salesman Johnny Dill, thought to be a killer gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.Lingerie salesman Johnny Dill, thought to be a killer gangster, finds himself struck between the forces of good and evil.

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IMDb RATING

5.5/10

183

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
Despite the etiquette of the time, prohibiting it, men are seen wearing their hats on indoors.

Goofs
Supposedly taking place circa 1931, the film makes no attempt at period style or decor and sinks into a sea of anachronisms. All the women's clothes and hair styles as well as musical arrangements are contemporary 1947; the automobiles, though pre-war, are also of a much later vintage, mostly late 1930s and early 1940s.

Connections
Featured in The Irish Mob: Owney Madden: Duke of the Westside/John 'Red' Hamilton and the Dillinger Gang (2008)

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6/10

silly farce of average joe bumping into mob boss

Usually the second banana, this time it's Stuart Erwin playing the lead, a salesman who accidently bumps up against the mob boss Moronie. He spends the whole first part of the film trying to tell a girl how he feels, but something always interrupts them. He vows to be more assertive, but clashes with the big boss before that can get straightened out. The usual goofy plot of mistaken identity. Bodies that appear and disappear. It's pretty silly. but entertaining if you just go along for the ride. Directed by Lewis Collins; Collins had started in silents, and moved into talkies. Died young .. a heart attack at 55. This is a Nivel Pictures/Max King Production... but I couldn't find anything on Nivel Pictures (Levin... backwards ?). Max King ony made seven films in the 1940s. not much on him either. Film showing on Moonlight Movies channel. It's pretty good. and some fun old scenery of Los Angeles.