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Mr. Reckless

Mr. Reckless (1948)

1h 6m | PG-13

⭐ 4.5 / 10

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.

Director: Frank McDonald

Studio: Pine-Thomas Productions

Genre: Adventure, Drama

Video: 720p

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Cast

William Eythe

William Eythe

as Jeff Lundy

Barbara Britton

Barbara Britton

as Betty Denton

Walter Catlett

Walter Catlett

as Joel Hawkins

Minna Gombell

Minna Gombell

as Ma Hawkins

Lloyd Corrigan

Lloyd Corrigan

as Hugo Denton

Nestor Paiva

Nestor Paiva

as Gus

Reviews

By CinemaSerf

William Eythe heads the cast in the pretty unremarkable little drama as "Lundy". He is a bit of a cock-sure oil worker who returns home to find that his erstwhile girlfriend "Betty" (Barbara Britton) has gone and gotten herself engaged to his older friend "Gus" (Nestor Paiva). Determined to win her back, he demonstrates how he earned his eponymous nickname with almost catastrophic results for just about everyone! At times it is quite a light-hearted affair, with a decent enough supporting cast working hard to keep the derivative storyline just a little bit interesting, but largely this is a standard afternoon feature that I doubt I will remember this time next week.