50 Date Night Screams - The Ticket of Leave Man - 1937

The Ticket of Leave Man - 1937

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03/15/24 • 94 min

50 Date Night Screams

"The Ticket of Leave Man" from 1937 is a British thriller directed by George King. A young man is set up by a criminal known as 'The Tiger' (played by Tod Slaughter) and serves a prison sentence for something he didn't do. When he is released on "ticket of leave," The Tiger tries to keep him from getting a job and getting married. Mike and Amber go through this film and try to understand all the little points to the plot while enjoying the characteristic scenery chewing from Tod Slaughter.

Title: The Ticket of Leave Man

Director: George King

IMDB Rating: 5.5 out of 10

Content warnings: Anti-semitism, sexual assault, murder

Hilarious tagline: “A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer."

5th Edition Character: The Tiger, a weretiger

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Title: The Ticket of Leave Man

Director: George King

IMDB Rating: 5.5 out of 10

Content warnings: Anti-semitism, sexual assault, murder

Hilarious tagline: “A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer."

5th Edition Character: The Tiger, a weretiger

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Watch this movie on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WF7uJhp2BWg

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Drums of Africa (Jungle Man) - 1941

"Drums of Africa (Jungle Man)" is a jungle adventure that suffers from a lack of a plot as well as an insidious white savior complex. This Buster Crabbe vehicle follows a family who travels from the United States to Africa in order to search for a lost city and also visit an uncle who happens to be a missionary. While there, they also find Dr Hammond, who was working on a treatment for an infectious disease that's in danger of becoming an epidemic. An outbreak of the condition, encounters with wild animals, and a sunken ship all come into play as the newcomers try to find the lost city and Dr Hammond tries to save lives. Mike and Amber go through the huge problems with this film, including how it treats the entire continent of Africa and its lack of a plot.

Title: Drums of Africa (Jungle Man)

Director: Harry L. Fraser

Writer: Rita Douglas

IMDB Rating: 3.6 out of 10

Rating: NR

Content warnings: Misogyny, racism, mistreatment of animals, death

Notable actors: Buster Crabbe, who was Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon and Charles Middleton, who played Ming the Merciless in the 30s. He was also in Duck Soup with the Marx brothers.

5th Edition Character: Malaka, a tiger-like beast with a spiky spine ending in a barbed tail, large bat-like wings, and a humanoid face

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The Face at the Window - 1939

Another Tod Slaughter vehicle, "The Face at the Window," shows us 1880 France, where a serial killer is stalking Paris. After a bank is robbed and a clerk is killed, presumably by the murder known as "The Face," a wealthy benefactor seeks to exploit the banker and his daughter to get what he wants. The true identity of the killer is finally revealed only with the use of an elaborate ruse. Mike and Amber take on this film which makes some unnecessary turns, but finally lands with a sensational conclusion.

Title: The Face at the Window

Director: George King

IMDB Rating: 5.9 out of 10

Rating: NR

Content warnings: Abuse, kidnapping, mental illness and ableism, violence, assault, murder, misogyny

5th Edition Character: Le Loup, a werewolf mastermind and his half-ogre brother

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