Killer Dill

1947
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1h 15m

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

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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5.5/10

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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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5/10

Which Public Enemy Is That?

Stu Erwin is the world's meekest lingerie salesman. He's successful, but idiot lawyer Frank Albertson borrows money from him and never repays it, and steals Anne Gwynne from under his hesitant nose. He is mistaken for Public Enemy 21 and made to act as the figurehead leader of a gang run by Milburn Stone.

The question of whether you'll like this movie depends on if you enjoy Erwin's parented, shy and slow character. I don't. That aside, it seems to be a decently run if not particularly original comedy with some decent comic performers, including Mike Mazurki, Dorothy Granger, and Dewey Robinson. Frank Albertson is mostly annoying.