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Mr. Reckless

"He's going to get his girl back . . . no matter what it takes!"

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.

Top Cast

  • William Eythe

    William Eythe

    Jeff Lundy

  • Barbara Britton

    Barbara Britton

    Betty Denton

  • Walter Catlett

    Walter Catlett

    Joel Hawkins

  • Minna Gombell

    Minna Gombell

    Ma Hawkins

  • Lloyd Corrigan

    Lloyd Corrigan

    Hugo Denton

  • Nestor Paiva

    Nestor Paiva

    Gus

  • Frank Jenks

    Frank Jenks

    Cab Driver

  • Ian MacDonald

    Ian MacDonald

    Jim Halsey

  • James Millican

    James Millican

    Pete

Overview

An oil well digger tries to win back his former girlfriend, now engaged to another man.

Rating

5.0 / 10
5 Reviews
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  • CinemaSerf
    CinemaSerf
    5 Jul 9, 2022

    William Eythe heads the cast in the pretty unremarkable little drama as "Lundy". He is a bit of a cock-sure oil worker who returns home to find that his erstwhile girlfriend "Betty" (Barbara Britton) has gone and gotten herself engaged to his older friend "Gus" (Nestor Paiva). Determined to win her back, he demonstrates how he earned his eponymous nickname with almost catastrophic results for just about everyone! At times it is quite a light-hearted affair, with a decent enough supporting cast working hard to keep the derivative storyline just a little bit interesting, but largely this is a standard afternoon feature that I doubt I will remember this time next week.

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