O Ônibus Misterioso

It's one of those films that you're glad only lasts just over an hour. It's one of those films you wonder why you're bothering to watch it. ..... It's one of those films you secretly enjoy.

The story is beyond ridiculous, the characters in SpongeBob SquarePants are more believable than this lot and even for a 1930s Hollywood police investigation, this has to rank as the most bizarre. It essentially consists of: "She did it, Officer." "OK, we'll arrest her." Then later on..... "Officer, I'm a rich bloke, can I take over your investigation?" "OK, go for it!" So when the real murderer inevitably hijacks the bus, nobody questions why this local policeman has conveniently got a plane parked in the bus station which he subsequently used to fly after the bus.

So it's utter nonsense but it does have a fairly decent director and Ed Buzzell somehow manages to make this trash weirdly entertaining and fun. Nobody seems to take this seriously, the likes of Alice White and Eugene Pallette just play caricatures of themselves so we can watch this in the same vain it was made.

If you want a lighthearted picture which captures the feel of the early thirties then this is a pretty good little time capsule. If however you not someone used to watching pictures from this era or just have to watch any old rubbish Alice White was in, you might want to avoid this.