Dynamite

Here's another B picture from producers William Pine and William Thomas. Around Paramount, they were called the Dollar Bills, because their movies never lost money. They relied on tried-and-true stories, performers that could be gotten for a reasonable price -- here Irving Bacon is fourth-billed, and he doesn't even get bitten by a dog.

Richard Crane decides that if he's going to become an engineer, he needs to understand high explosives, and the best way to learn is on an explosives crew. So he goes to work for William Gargan, who has a pretty daughter, Virginia Wells. Young love, and things that go boom: a perfect combination for the movies. Having other old pros like Douglas Dumbrille, Lane Chandler, and Jason Robards Sr. Must have sped up the shoot. It's a typical, watchable programmer from the firm.