Don't listen to the negative reviews

It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

Red Skelton plays a guy, oddly enough, named Red. Red is an accident- prone man and because he's often involved in accidents, he's worked on inventing some things to save lives. Most of them are pretty lame, but his unbreakable glass will easily earn him a fortune. Unfortunately a corrupt lawyer (am I being repetitive?) has decided to steal it--but the formula is locked in Red's mind. So, he comes up with a complicated plan to have him meet a phony psychiatrist who will try to pump Red for information. Along the way, Red falls for a pretty lady (Gloria DeHaven)--but soon the psychiatrist convinces Red that he has a death wish--and is a danger to people he loves. It may not sound all that funny, but the film abounds with wonderful pratfalls, stunts and cute scenes. The bottom line is that Skelton once again plays an extremely likable guy--and that makes all the silliness work. It reminds me of a Ritz Brothers film I just saw--you never liked them, so their antics were tiresome. But, with Skelton, you cannot help but root for him and are willing to put up with some extreme silliness. Well worth seeing and good for a few laughs.

It's often been said that MGM didn't "get" comedy. And with the scripts they would hand Red, again and again they proved that to be true. They could put really funny things in their forte -- musicals. But it was rare they really understood what makes a great comedy.For a change, here they got it right. I've always thought this to be the best of the Red Skelton comedy films, and my sister would have agreed when she was about 7 years old and we watched this on television. She was in absolute hysterics!But there's more to this film than slapstick (although that's what my sister remembers). Red always had the ability to play pathos, and he does here as the accident-prone inventor of unbreakable glass, which he tries to sell to the Yellow Cab Company, hoping that they will make unbreakable windshields. Of course, with Red being accident prone, his demonstration of his invention is a disaster. It's one mishap after another. But the bad guys are always at hand trying to take advantage. There's Edward Arnold (once a leading man himself), here reduced to a con-man shyster lawyer (but he's so good at it!). Then there's his accomplice -- Walter Slezak, as a crocked psychiatrist...and he leads Red into a fantasy sequence that's genuinely clever, original, and very funny. And then there's the hilarious finale at the Home Show. But what also works in this film is Red's sympathetic performance, silly little bits, and his romantic interest with Gloria DeHaven, who does quite nicely here. And then there's character actors James Gleason and Jay C. Flippen. Yes, MGM got it right this time, and gave Red one of his best roles. One for the DVD shelf! If you only buy one Red Skelton movie on DVD...this is the one!

Funny man supreme Red Skelton plays 'Red' Pirdy, a cab driver that also invents safety devices. When he invents elastic glass for unbreakable safety glasses criminals big and small come after him to force or trick him out of the formula. 'Red' is very gullible and easily influenced. Some of his inventions are pretty wacky.The cab driver's relationship with the attractive Ellen(Gloria DeHaven)is odd at best. A rip roaring climax involves a chase through a futuristic revolving home show exposition. Skelton, one of the funniest ever on TV, seems to always be better than his movies. Silly movie with a strong cast featuring: Walter Slezak, Edward Arnold and James Gleason.

This film is better than some of Red's other movie efforts in that he has some better supporting actors in it. Wish Red had a chance to make more movies than he did in his career but shortly after this started his record run on television. That took away a lot of his time for making movies.This film is quite short at less than 90 minutes but most of the best comedy films are short. They don't get stuck in long & possibly boring sequences & they don't do the same joke over & over again. This film fits that model quite well.Red was a classic clown who is sorely missed in todays "over the top & down & dirty comedy era". He had a class that shows in films like this one & his old television programs. This film is still a very watchable example of that.