Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Good start, but then it gets ruined

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It certainly is a mad, mad, mad, mad world in this comedy of greed and unloyalty. It's all about a group of con artists who move to a small town near L.A. when they get a introduction letter that has gang leader Wallace Ford posing as a new bank manager in charge of the vault. Their plans are to stick around long enough to make a proper to get away, but when they get there they find that all that is there is chump change. Through Ford's crazy antics, the bank as soon filled with customers but individual greed amongst the group and Ford's decision to go straight has been at odds, with one of the gang members fighting to run off with the loot and Ford's girl, played by Luana Walters.Pretty innocuous and unbelievable, this has its amusements but it's a light lunch amongst the great cinema being produced during war time America. The poverty row studios didn't produce many comedies, but their expertise in crime films aided them in adding a comical twist to the plot line. There's a sly twinkle in Ford's eye, giving the viewer a knowing glance before the opening credits which is then repeated when he looks on at his gang of misfits in the very beginning. The auction scene opening is actually very funny. Even though they really don't have a major part in the plot, it's the three adorable elderly members of the group (particularly the little old lady who reminds me of both Ida Moore and the fruit of the loom lady who also jumped in glee in commercials for the Subaru years later.

The print I saw was 54 minutes, not the 61 minutes listed. What a bummer. As to be expected, the plot is so improbable as to be fun. Some small time crooks, including two who are quite elderly, end up – through a series of improbabilities, as employees in a small town bank. The crooks, led by Wally Ford have a turn - of – heart after attending a church service. All but one of them decides they would like to give up a life of crime and settle in this friendly (except for the Sheriff) little town. The crook who thinks this is a batty idea tries to get away with all the bank's deposits but fails. The "bad" guys are now the "good" guys and return all the loot they got from the auction house. This is not as good as many of the Wally Fords I have seen (could be because of the missing seven minutes) but is fast-paced, humorous and an amusing way to spend an hour.

Inside the Law concerns a "family" of criminals who pick the pocket of a drunk driver and use the letter of introduction they find as a means of getting into a bank. Unfortunately when they arrive they find the bank empty of people and money. They then conspire to run the bank themselves…or something like that.Okay low brow very broad comedy that made me chuckle even as I was thinking that it wasn't very good. If you come across it and aren't in a demanding mood try it, but as something search out I wouldn't bother.5 out of 10 for the bits that work and make you chuckle even though you know you shouldn't

This C picture was directed by Hamilton MacFadden, who directed some Charlie Chan pictures, but this was done on an even lower budget, say five dollars. Wallace Ford, known for years as a supporting character actor, actually achieved top billing in this, though there was little for him to do, certainly no acting. The film manages to be consistently amusing, despite being so low-grade. A group of seven con men and women start the picture by staging a fake fight at a Manhattan auction, and after the melee has ended they have vanished and so have the wallets and watches of everyone present. After this, they decide to head west, which is portrayed by an extraordinary montage sequence of changing scenery, with them ending up beside a road sign saying Los Angeles City Limits. They stop and scratch their heads and say: 'But where is Los Angeles?' because there is nothing there but bush and scrub. This was evidently meant to be a joke. Then a drunk driver turns up, is arrested and put away for thirty days, and they naturally pick his pockets, thereby gleaning a letter of introduction to take over a bank in the area. They all move in as the 'staff', only to find that the bank vault is empty, having been robbed. So instead of robbing it themselves, they have to fill it first, by soliciting deposits, which they successfully do. Then they decide why steal it when they can go straight, settle down, and go on running 'their' bank. Then one of them double-crosses them and waves various guns around, but ends up stealing an empty suitcase, and of course there is a suspicious sheriff who wants to arrest them all, and it gets more and more complicated. The script could have done very well with a good cast and director, but it holds up with a bad cast and bad director nonetheless. Well, not every film is brilliant, sometimes they are merely like this. It's short, funny, and corny, what more do you want?