You can't expect much from films from Monogram or PRC, but on occasion, you will get more than you bargained for. Here, in this comedy/mystery, it is fairly obvious "who done it", but getting there is the fun part. The film starts off with two adults playing with what looks like a rubber crab that moves on its own with just the flick of a finger, then heads into a very funny scene with leading man James Dunn in a pawn shop. Dunn, a private investigator involved with Wanda McCay, one of the participants in the rubber crab game, has planned to take her out for the evening, but gets waylayed in mystery by a beautiful woman whose husband has either died accidentally or been murdered. From there, Dunn has no choice but to involve McKay who insists on tagging along after Dunn's gun is taken away and he is framed for murder. McKay ironically is the daughter of the police chief who objects to Dunn being involved in the investigation. There's not much more than this, but in just a running time over an hour, there are enough pleasant comedy bits to forgive the obvious predictability, and the pace speeds along quite fast.
Review of Leave It to the Irish
