Wrecking Crew (1942)

Starring Richard Arlen, Chester Morris, Jean Parker, Joe Sawyer, Esther
Dale
Directed by Frank McDonald

Print: black/white
Runtime: 73 min.
Genre: action
Print Quality: B

No relation to the much-later "Matt Helm" spy comedy of the same name,
Pine-Thomas Productions' The Wrecking Crew serves as a virile vehicle
for Richard Arlen and Chester Morris. The stars appear respectively as a
demolition-crew boss and his top worker. Morris has earned a reputation
as a "jinx", an onus he may have trouble overcoming on his latest
peril-fraught assignment. Jean Parker costars as the romantic bone of
contention between Arlen and Morris, while character actress Esther
Dale scores as the no-nonsense owner of the wrecking firm. Dozens of
stock shots from previous Paramount efforts are utilized to excellent
effect in this two-fisted actioner.