Should a Girl Marry?

Anne Nagel and Warren Hull are two forgotten and underrated actors who have a chance to shine in this surprisingly engaging and well-acted melodrama. The plot has several twists and turns which make the proceedings play like that old soap opera The Doctors and the coincidences are a bit too preposterous to be very likely but nonetheless the storyline is played in earnest by the cast even though the budget is virtually non-existent and a major auto accident is barely glimpsed or even staged. Warren Hull became famous not as an actor but rather as a host of a maudlin television program of the early 1950s called Strike It Rich in which contestants answered quiz questions to make money to get themselves out of horrible real-life situations. It was a combination reality and quiz show, unique to television and when things seemed most dire a "Heartline" appeared to throw money to the truly destitute and save the day. Few people who watched that show knew of Warren Hull's career in z movies and it really is a wonder why this handsome and intelligent, broad-shouldered competent actor never got further than he did. The same might be said of Anne Nagel who gives a rock solid performance here. All in all it is a very good night-time time-filler for those who like old z films that solidly filled the second feature slots of long ago. Most surprising here is that the secondary characters are also well played and gripping. Definitely worth a look.