The Rocket Man

Spring Byington is a small town justice of the Peace who believes in the goodness of all people, except for county political boss Emory Parnell. Parnell has just put in a bid to buy the local orphanage using John Agar as a front. Agar is in love with Miss Byington's daughter, Anne Francis, and pretending to be parolee Stanley Clements. Fortunately, George Winslow, whom Miss Byington is adopting, has a ray gun which makes everyone tell the truth.

Carried on the capable shoulders of Misses Byington, Francis and Charles Coburn, this movie, co-written by Lenny Bruce, leaves me a bit groggy as to what is going on, except for the rather nonce romance between Agar and Miss Francis. A bit of reading bout the movie turned up the word 'wacky' a lot, and yes, that is a word that describes this. If, that is, one wishes to be charitable. Perhaps it would be wisest to leave it at that.