You're Out of Luck

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Frankie Darro and Mantan Moreland in You're Out of Luck (1941)

An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation.An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation.An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation.

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6.2/10

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Frankie O'Reilly: Yeah, well I still maintain gambling doesn't pay. And even if you win, you lose.
Jeff Jefferson: Not the way I play it. You see, I shoot for keeps.
Frankie O'Reilly: Well, that's not what I meant. Look, how often do you win when you gamble?
Jeff Jefferson: On occasion.
Frankie O'Reilly: But how often is that?
Jeff Jefferson: When I ain't losing.
Frankie O'Reilly: Well, you lose more than you win don't ya?
Jeff Jefferson: Naturally. Why should I be a "conception" to the rule?

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3/10

Not Much In The Way Of Comedy Or Mystery

In the apartment building where Frankie Darro is the elevator operator and Mantan Moreland the porter, a corpse turns up. Darro's brother, Detective Lieutenant Richard Bond gets assigned the case, but it's not long before another corpse turns up, along with $60,000 in cash.

I usually look forward to any appearance of Moreland, but he's given very little to do in the comic way in this purported comedy mystery in which the audience is given three quarters of the answers before the amateur and professional detectives get out of the gate. You could blame any of the production company, Monogram, the producer, Lindsley Parsons, the writer, Edmond Kelso, or the director, Howard Bretherton, but just as I don't believe in the auteur theory when it comes to success in the movies, I think this was more a group effort than otherwise. Others wasted in this movie include Kay Sutton, Vicki Lester, and Paul Maxey.