John Farrow's second directorial effort is another unpretentious B from Warners - clocks in under an hour but fairly spanks along. It helps in that Dick Foran has decent star presence, in a low key way: he's burly and bumpy, engaging, and fun. He plays a cocky bookie who decides to become a fireman and falls for Ann Sheridan who is sister to his work superior/nemesis Robert Armstrong. Armstrong and Sheridan also give this cast some weight. She was good from the get-go, Sheridan. Armstrong is fine. Veda Ann Borg is in it, too.
The story bangs through a lot of plot - Foran goes to college, is disgraced chasing after Sheridan, redeems himself. It's fun. Not distinguished, but it hits the notes. Eddie Acuff, who plays Foran's friend who is injured (the "Goose" part) looked familiar but I couldn't pick it.
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