A chicken hatchery owner (and novice private eye) tries to solve the arrow murder of local milkman, philanderer and animal fetishist.A chicken hatchery owner (and novice private eye) tries to solve the arrow murder of local milkman, philanderer and animal fetishist.A chicken hatchery owner (and novice private eye) tries to solve the arrow murder of local milkman, philanderer and animal fetishist.
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- TriviaProduction began in April 1973 and the film has a 1973 copyright date.
- GoofsOscar sits facing Malcom's desk when he is hit by an arrow that comes from the direction of Malcoms desk. There is a wall with a closed window behind Malcom's desk. After Oscar is hit by the arrow Malcom opens the unbroken window and climbs outside to search for the killer. It's never explained where the arrow could have come from.
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Insane Hilarity
This movie is not a Dead End Kids reunion, although both Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell are in it. It is instead a warped 1970s version of a film noir with utterly bizarre comic elements that hit you more with each viewing. Dell shows magnificent comic timing and utterly dry wit as the trailer park loser who is doing genetic experiments to make chickens lay colored eggs while he also pursues his private detective business. The comedy style here is a mix of some Airplane! style gags and some extremely subtle dark humor involving animal sex, incest, suicide and drugs. All tastefully handled, mind you, because it's so doggone off-the-wall, one cannot be offended. It features:
The most bizarre gunfight in movie history
A straightfaced plea for understanding for those who practice bestiality
Grandpa Walton popping pills like a madman
Barbara Harris being her brilliant self
Hall and Jackie Coogan as a bumbling cop duo
Some of the worst lighting you'll ever see
This movie is extremely hard to find, but should you come across it, I implore you to give it a look and see comedy ahead of its time. Dell, who co-produced and wrote proves he was the Dead End Kid with the most talent. He really should have been in more movies like this in his adult life.
The most bizarre gunfight in movie history
A straightfaced plea for understanding for those who practice bestiality
Grandpa Walton popping pills like a madman
Barbara Harris being her brilliant self
Hall and Jackie Coogan as a bumbling cop duo
Some of the worst lighting you'll ever see
This movie is extremely hard to find, but should you come across it, I implore you to give it a look and see comedy ahead of its time. Dell, who co-produced and wrote proves he was the Dead End Kid with the most talent. He really should have been in more movies like this in his adult life.
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- Jul 24, 2003
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