Bad Guy

Very seldom shown "Bad Guy".... has only 56 votes on imdb so far. Bruce Cabot and Ed Norris are Lucky and Steve, electric linemen. Right from the start, Lucky is complaining about what life has handed him, and how he's ready to take whatever he can from life. When a card game setup goes wrong, Lucky ends up in the slammer, on death row. A couple miracles happen, and before you know it, he's bounced for heroic actions. Before he goes, he has a discussion with the warden about destiny... is everything pre-planned or do we make our own path? Pretty deep for a con-man. But... getting a job after prison isn't easy. Lucky could fall back into his old ways, in spite of getting a second chance. Also in here is Virginia Grey; she had started in films as a ten year old. and was in the awesome film The Women at 22 ! and vaudeville entertainer Cliff Edwards is in here as Hi-Line, fellow electrician. Try to find him playing the ukulele in one of his films -- it's great! This film has pretty good acting and a pretty good story. it's also a documentary on how electricity works and how dangerous it can be; they keep giving safety tips, like don't use wire to fly your kite. (did kids really do that??) always wear your gloves and your climbing strap. stay away from live wires. They spend a LOT of time talking about the high voltage electricity, but it does play a large part of the story. Picture quality is pretty rough... the the picture flashes repeatedly through the film. It's really noticed in the first half, but not so much in the second half. Directed by Ed Cahn... made a bunch of B horror films. It's not bad.