1941 (April) A Warner Bors. First National Production Produced by Harlan Thompson Directed by Ray Enright Written by Fred Niblo, Jr. and Barry Trivers, suggested by a story by Francis Wallace Photographed by Sid Hickox Music by H. Roemheld 84 minutes Starring Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney; with Eddie Albert, Joan Leslie, Sig Rumann A bizarre remake of Kid Galahad. As Nick Coster, Humphrey Bogart is the crooked owner of a third-rate travelling circus; Sylvia Sidney, "Madame Florina," the circus's gypsy fortune-teller and his girlfriend. Coster hires grocery clerk turned local hero Matt Varney (Eddie Albert) to replace the Great Hoffman (Sig Rumann) as the show's lion-tamer and main attraction. He's a sensation, and everything is going great guns, until Hoffman is mauled by a killer lion called Caesar. Accused of deliberately trying to kill Hoffman, Matt flees to Nick's secluded farm to escape police detection and recover from his injuries. There he meets and falls in love with Mary (Joan Leslie), Nick's innocent sister, just returned from convent school. She too falls in love, and Nick, determined that keep his sister away from "road show trash," schemes to literally feed Varney to the lions. Joan Leslie, awarded feature billing for the picture, does well enough in a limited role. The script gives her little to do but look innocent and gaze at Eddie Albert in dewy-eyed awe (she is very pretty). Bogart and Sidney, both fine actors, are also saddled with weak dialogue; and Albert, playing a hayseed once again, never set the world on fire. But Enright keeps the action moving along and treats the cornier situations with what can only be described as amused detachment. Production values are vintage 1941 Warner Bros. No High Sierra, the film, on the whole, is a mildly diverting if slightly unmemorable programmer. Recommended. Pic #1 Pic #2 Pic #3 Favorite Joan Leslie Film Select your favorite Joan Leslie film here. High Sierra The Great Mr. Nobody The Wagons Roll at Night Sergeant York The Male Animal Yankee Doodle Dandy The Hard Way This Is the Army The Sky's the Limit Thank Your Lucky Stars Hollywood Canteen Where Do We Go From Here? Rhapsody in Blue Too Young to Know Cinderella Jones Two Guys from Milwaukee Repeat Performance Northwest Stampede The Skipper Surprised His Wife Man in the Saddle The Woman They Almost Lynched Flight Nurse Jubilee Trail Hell's Outpost Other Current Results [Sign My Guestbook] [View My Guestbook]