It's obvious that this Z-grade programmer won't change women's lib any time soon, but for a bottom of the bill second feature, it sure is entertaining. The story focuses on three gal pals who start a trucking business after brassy Patsy Kelly receives an inheritance of a truck from a deceased relative. Of course, along with that come a lot of responsibilities, bills and laws to obey. Kelly and her two pals (Isabel Jewell and Mary Brian) get lots of flack for doing a man's job (even though this is during the middle of World War II and women are doing most men's jobs anyway), and while making a furniture delivery, are chased by highway patrolmen, accused of cheating some gamblers with loaded dice, and pick up three women along the way, each with a problem wackier than the one before.
Kelly, the short, slightly stout character comedienne, is actually quite attractive here, sporting a modern 40's hairdo similar to her real-life good pal Tallulah Bankhead's. Of course, her coarse personality isn't something you'd most likely welcome in high society, but she is extremely likable. Every moment she is on screen, you can't focus on anybody else, even the society matron suffering from amnesia, a psychic named Madame Sappho and a socialite running away from her wealthy father, a la "It Happened One Night". Cobina Wright Sr., Betty Compson and Wanda McKay play those parts amusingly. Rough and tough character actor Warren Hymer is amusing in his few scenes as Kelly's love interest, but this is mostly about the women and their crazy adventures on the road. Ironically, one of the writers of this comedy was none other than cult director Edgar G. Ullmer. Pretty good coming from a studio whose initials are often described as Pretty Rotten Cinema.
Kelly, the short, slightly stout character comedienne, is actually quite attractive here, sporting a modern 40's hairdo similar to her real-life good pal Tallulah Bankhead's. Of course, her coarse personality isn't something you'd most likely welcome in high society, but she is extremely likable. Every moment she is on screen, you can't focus on anybody else, even the society matron suffering from amnesia, a psychic named Madame Sappho and a socialite running away from her wealthy father, a la "It Happened One Night". Cobina Wright Sr., Betty Compson and Wanda McKay play those parts amusingly. Rough and tough character actor Warren Hymer is amusing in his few scenes as Kelly's love interest, but this is mostly about the women and their crazy adventures on the road. Ironically, one of the writers of this comedy was none other than cult director Edgar G. Ullmer. Pretty good coming from a studio whose initials are often described as Pretty Rotten Cinema.
