Devils' Sleep

Starring:Lita Grey, John Mitchum, William Thomason, Tracy Lynne, George Eiferman, Timothy Farrell, Laura Travers, Bob Lenihan, Fred Smith, Jim Tyde, Stan Freed, Will Charles, Muriel Gardner, Stan Modic, Mildred Davis, Pat Lawless, Bebe Berto
Director: W. Merle Connell
Studio: Alpha Video
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

"There's a drive on against juvenile delinquency."

Devils' Sleep
Starring: Lita Grey , John Mitchum , William Thomason , Tracy Lynne , and George Eiferman
Director: W. Merle Connell
Manufacturer: Alpha Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0007TKFUO
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Customer Reviews:

"There's a drive on against juvenile delinquency.".......2005-11-10

Vandalism. Arson. Burglary. Hot Rod Racers. Yes, it "looks like the whole new generation has suddenly gone berserk." There's a crime wave afoot in "The Devil's Sleep." Judge Rosalind Ballentine (Lita Grey Chaplin) is determined to discover just who is giving the town's teens "Bennies", "Goofies", and "Phenos" and then urging the teens to commit crimes. The Judge enlists the help of clean-cut Detective Sergeant Dave Kerrigan (William Thomason) to find the criminal mastermind behind the corruption of the city's youth.

Kerrigan makes a few casual inquiries--beginning with his girlfriend's teenage brother Bob (Jim Tyde). Soon, word of Kerrigan's questions comes to the attention of Umberto Scalli (Timothy Farrell), the shady owner of a local gym.

There are some cheap laughs here. "The Devil's Sleep" is a 1949 film, and it's certainly not PC when it comes to portraying overweight people. The funniest scenes occur in the gym when a Rubenesque woman by the name of Tessie T. Tesse (obviously a play on the name Ten Ton Tessie) shows up to enroll. She's measured, but the tape runs out before her hips do. "When I take off my girdle, I can't even see the scale," admits Tessie ruefully. The gym staff makes several comments about the "fat society dames" exercising at the gym. They're described as "blimps" and "trained elephants", and the gym workers pop the women pills to help "burn the lard off the girlies without the exercise."

"The Devil's Sleep" isn't exciting (in spite of the cover warnings of 'depravity' and 'adults only'). Some of the acting is flat, and Bob may be wearing a wig. For those of us who love cheesy camp film, then "The Devil's Sleep" from director W. Merle Connell ("Test Tube Babies") has some merit. The Alpha DVD black and white print is flawed. There are vertical lines through the print, and the audio track skips words at several points--displacedhuman

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