"Florida Special" is a B movie from Paramount and unlike many Bs, it's well made and well worth your time.
The film begins with a drunk (Kent Taylor) and his friend (Jack Oakie) getting on a train. The friend, Bangs Carter, is fortunate, as he's a newspaper man and wouldn't you know it, a big crime occurs on the train! A rich old sourpuss disappears and so does a fortune in diamonds. Can the pair manage to sort out the crime along with the help of a vacationing detective?
The acting, dialog and writing are all very good...much better than you'd expect from a cheap and quickly made B. Enjoyable throughout and a good example to show someone if they think B is synonymous with BAD...which it isn't.
By the way, if you watch as the train pulls out of the station near the beginning of the film, the train is an electric engine (a GG1 if you care) but in the next scene it clearly is a steam engine! This is like a jet airplane suddenly sprouting propellers!
The film begins with a drunk (Kent Taylor) and his friend (Jack Oakie) getting on a train. The friend, Bangs Carter, is fortunate, as he's a newspaper man and wouldn't you know it, a big crime occurs on the train! A rich old sourpuss disappears and so does a fortune in diamonds. Can the pair manage to sort out the crime along with the help of a vacationing detective?
The acting, dialog and writing are all very good...much better than you'd expect from a cheap and quickly made B. Enjoyable throughout and a good example to show someone if they think B is synonymous with BAD...which it isn't.
By the way, if you watch as the train pulls out of the station near the beginning of the film, the train is an electric engine (a GG1 if you care) but in the next scene it clearly is a steam engine! This is like a jet airplane suddenly sprouting propellers!