Review of A Bullet for Joey

. . . A BULLET FOR JOEY features tons of bullets, but NOT ONE "Joey." If they had called this THREE BULLETS IN THE BACK FOR YVONNE, they would have been perfectly accurate. ONE BULLET APIECE FOR JACK & NICK also would have worked. TWO BULLETS AND ERIC BITES THE DUST could have summed up this flick nicely. Or CONSTABLE PERCY DID NOT HAVE A GUN, SO WE CONSERVED OUR BULLETS AND USED A CLUB might not have fit on many theater marquees, but at least it would be apt. Yet, when MGM set this A-Bomb spy yarn in Canada in 1955, the studio bravely decided to be truthful in the body of their film (if not with its title). So we learn in A BULLET FOR JOEY that: 1)Canadians are usually very boring. Check. 2)There's a reason that the Beach Boys did not give a "shout out" to Montreal or Quebec gals before the chorus of "I Wish They All Could Be California Girls." Check. 3)If you pit a Canadian cop against a post in an I.Q. test, don't bet the rent money against the post. Check-mate.