The Devil's Sleep (1949) CRIME DRAMA

[@Toracube]

I think this is the best film i have ever seen....

[@michaelpatrick7888]

Really??

[@stainless0521]

I guess you don't watch many movies...

[@olejoe97233]

This was the first and last movie for many of the "actors." Lita Grey Chaplin was the ex-wife of Charlie Chaplin and mother of his sons, Charles, Jr., and Sidney. She had bit parts in earlier movies, but this was her first and last starring role. Timothy Farrell, who played the bad guy running the health club, also appeared in Ed Wood movies. And that doctor at the end of the movie is Robert Mtchum's younger brother John, who often appeared in bit parts in his brother's movies. Toward the end of his career he had a good role as Clint Eastwood's partner in one of the Dirty Harry movies.

[@fromthesidelines]

George Weiss later "supervised" Ed Wood's "Glen or Glenda?".

[@garyboyd2799]

Are you sure this isn't an Ed Wood movie? The quality and settings are about right not to mention the acting.

[@nolawest5183]

Great info - Thanks!

[@dalefahey2202]

what happened to Jim Tyde?

[@howardstrom6179]

David Raby

[@NuncNuncNuncNunc]

Fixed camera, but they didn't even bother eliminating shadows. Brilliant the way the OD of Amanda Cross, presumably the woman from class, was just dropped in - sympathy for a character we never even meet. Love these moral plays, especially when they toss in a couple suggestive shots..

[@jaynebell6523]

The best movies ever!!! Long live Noir!

[@jennygibbons1258]

I enjoyed this, despite the dreadful acting. Thank you for the video.

[@progressiveboomercouple2252]

I love the comments, got me weeping with joy, then I saw the Movie and wept again for a completely different reason .....

[@DavidSmith-sb2ix]

This movie looks like a collaboration of Ed Wood and John Waters. Tessie has the best line. Inches or feet.

[@henryweaver667]

The jigs up...my favorite line.

[@eddie1235]

Wonder what reviews this 'movie' got when first released in theatres? Really funny - they had their message from their hearts - but must have been made in a day. Barely any sound effects in so-called fist fight towards end. Definitely a must see!!

[@carmelbrain7399]

So bad, it was good, an unforgettable low budget entertainer, thanks for posting it

[@NondescriptMammal]

This is like watching Reefer Madness on downers

[@elvistattoo1964]

I may be a bad movie but I thought the subject matter was interesting for the time period - Plus..."Tessie Talulah Tessie - Ain't two Tessie's enough?" - That's a pretty hysterical line!

[@chrisbowen9043]

Tessie delivered easily the best performance in the movie.

[@jennymartin190]

I r

[@autumnt.allgood8895]

LUCINDA BAKER
Tessie was a hoot.
she should of been a comedian.

[@denisecollins-hughes6567]

@@autumnt.allgood8895 loved her part, T. T. T. Tessie Tessie Tessie, what a gal!!!

[@paulmcginn5146]

agree. terrible but very interesting and enjoyable

[@kathleenmckeithen118]

I loved it - it was refreshing!

[@remmymafia3889]

George Eifferman. In 1975, I patronized his gym in Las Vegas for a few months. That was 27 years after this picture was shot. He looked in great shape in '75-nice guy-very generous with his experience to all that desired it.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Tim Farrell sure did a lot of these 'teenage delinquent' flicks.

[@jameskoch7190]

This was more of a PSA than a movie.

[@cynthiajones1123]

Great movie, I didn't think it was going to be that good 👍 ; But I truly love 💕 it Thank you all so much.

[@laredoland]

this hard hitting docu-drama highlights the scandalous young hep cats of today and their pill -fueled lives. where are the Oscars ?

[@lindaraeclark3271]

Thank you. The movie started without me and I couldn't figure out the plot.

[@jennifermcdonald5432]

laredoland are you being sarcastic? Hard hitting? This is a joke, not to mention a D grade movie! This is so far from reality you couldn’t find it with a telescope! FFS!

[@ShinnosukeTokuda1684]

@@jennifermcdonald5432 no he is dead serious, as is this movie. i cried three times while watching it. i was the main character

[@brandonhendrix7223]

The Oscars? They're being given boring ass films no one cares about a year later (eg Birdman, Gravity, Lala Land, etc) Meanwhile, 60 years later we're still enjoying this. I love it!

[@gsmith5140]

Oh my gosh. You'd think this was a modern day film if it was audio only. King Solomon was right, ain't NOTHIN' new under the sun! Good movie.

[@debeeriz]

that sauna scene was a bit risque for 1949

[@keithharvey7230]

Tessie went into the sea from Brighton beach.There then followed a flood in Holland!

[@whaleshrimp111]

Were people really that dorky?

[@carlaharris9645]

Well, that was 1 hour 11 minutes of my life I'll never get back.

[@Oli-jm9fc]

Good movie, a nice view on the early days of the Great Degeneracy.

[@johnrutko96]

Olivier Corveleyn the great degeneracy is NOW in THIS generation

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

With the likes of Elvis swinging his knees around, they had to know that the youth would go to hell in hand basket. Of course, this is mild version of it. No mafia in this. No Valentine's Day massacres.

[@myramyra9308]

Good Grief ! Horrible acting ..this is painful!

[@myramyra9308]

TKS

[@myramyra9308]

LOL

[@jimredden5899]

i feel your pain.

[@martinoamello3017]

The​ acting and script was the beginning of many young people's decent into drugs. After watching this I'm pretty sure I'm in pain and need some goofies.

[@benniefreeman9451]

Pretty good flick 🎉🎉

[@1LSWilliam]

How American youth has degraded since 1949 when this film is nothing less than despicable with no end in sight. Most of them have no excuse, as "adults" have made major changes to the social systems which were largely to blame back then. It is too easy to blame Social Media, etc. We are a decadent nation on the way to oblivion, because we have deserted the precious legacy left to us to cherish.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Indeed. Each generation gets less & less disciplined because the parents are also. That's just ONE reason why Gen-Zers are having difficulty getting hired for any jobs these days.

[@ItsACityOfApesMovieReviews]

The Tessie Tallulah Tessie jokes never get old. Ooga booga.

[@markrubin9449]

And I thought it was about an ice hockey team from New Jersey taking a nap.

[@marksimpson2451]

I liked this movie.than I saw the exercise scene now I love it

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

THEN

[@sageemma]

The best thing about this movie is the wallpaper in the girlfriend's apartment. 11:08. There is something artistic about how bad the lighting is...

[@JackGordone]

Bad as it is, it's more entertaining than 95% of the crap Hollyweird serves up today. It's watchable; today's stuff makes you barf once you know the plot

[@cynk956]

What plot?!

[@britishmiller3665]

Jack Gordon - exactly

[@teresas8173]

Jack Gordon .... THIS was definite crap.

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

Exactly. Someone recommended a movie in the comments section of another flick I watched earlier - "Infected," so thinking the movie had a similar theme and quality, I did. It was grimy. I thought it was meant to be a comic book. It was called Split Second. I thought is was horrible, so I skipped to the end just to find out how it ends.
If you like gore and f bombs peppered all the way through, you'd enjoy it. That is what I hate about many of today's movies, the language and the gore. Some of them would be decent movies were it not for those two things.
I figure that people who curse constantly have deep seated issues they're trying to hide behind. It's so annoying.

[@usedscar]

@@gaslitworldf.melissab2897 Seems like a high school film or a Film student's thesis film. Not THX 1138!

[@freemarketjoe9869]

Certainly makes you appreciate a well made movie. Thank god there are directors, actors and writers out there making good ones. If all we had were these, how depressing would that be! I will watch it though because it is historical and i am glad it was posted or we never would have known it existed. Maybe it will start looking better if i have another glass of wine!

[@Throwback-Films]

Perhaps they can upload some of your works. Just list some of your A rated Cinema works and I'm sure they would be happy to upload them here. That way we could see how a talented movie producer such as yourself creates a top- shelf cinematic work of art. We could compare and contrast your works with this work. Unless of course you're just another sideline critic who was achieved nothing. Another one who never gets in the game but stands on the sideline criticizing those out there bleeding sweating and achieving. But of course I doubt that; you sound like you really know what you're doing and you've produced countless top shelf works. So just list a few so I can watch them and see what you're talking about

[@michaelregan3914]

It may take more than one glass of wine 😂

[@stephenannese8228]

Yup....The Godfather, Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark,.....and ...."The Devil's Sleep"...!?

[@oldfan1963]

Loved Mr. "Chunkhead" America too!

[@vestibulate]

Opening credits list: Song- "It's Raining" by John J. Potpinko. Now there's a name that didn't keep cropping up.

[@barbaracrickley6191]

Tom Hall, Potpinko LOL.

[@incrediblesimilarity5858]

A little strange that this passed national board of review. This was released in 1949 during Pre Code era. To learn more about the Hayes period and Pre Code just Google these terms. Film showed references to drug use and fighting which. was prohibited in Pre Code era.

[@robertbonter1190]

This is a disgrace to "B" movies - this is a "C" movie.

[@brucegibbins3792]

Ok, so it's not so slick and the acting is stilted - lacki g emotion, but I can watch this movie because it' kinda quaint. I'm reminded of the plays put on by a community theatre and thats not such a bad thing after all.

[@richardharrison859]

@3:57 now you see the papers...@3:59 now you don't.

[@cynk956]

lol, you're right!

[@Wuchtamsel]

Dan Duchaine's favourite movie.

[@stuart.8273]

It was delightful to spot the intense research and contextual theatrical alignment for the hand-selected character parts in this old example of celluloid.
WAIT … who am I kidding? The acting was so wooden, my eyes got splinters watching the first 420 painfully excruciating seconds. Only then, when the sergeant asked for a tip-off name, and was given - with a serious look from the juvenile - “Fred Smith”, that’s when I decided I’d like to pull my spleen out through my nose instead of trying to get through 1 hour / 11mins without screaming.
Please tell me this was just a screen test that got swapped with the real flick, then released by accident. How many audience members died during the screening of this?

[@boleyn123]

Stu Art. 11 died, including moi.

[@boleyn123]

+mark prescott Nurse, nurse, he is out of bed again.

[@jpenn58]

Stu

[@paulmcginn5146]

ha ha ha ha you cool

[@johnrudy9404]

Cheezus haych kryst! Funny stuff old man. Farrell does exactly the same in Racket Girls, with the Klingon woman.

[@ziggy72170]

...(Too Funny )..I love the Grammar they use...The use the word "Punk" quite frequently ,lol..

[@cherryblossomplumtree500]

I think maybe one of the boss's goons is called Pug, not punk. Pug for boxer (pugilist, pugnacious, the pug dog), etc.

[@ziggy72170]

Ohh, ok..

[@cherryblossomplumtree500]

All the women seem to be wearing play suits under their clothes, wherever they go.

[@marywilliams9858]

Leone Edwards Really?

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I knew this was going to be a good movie when I saw that Berenisse provided the women's wardrobes.🙄

[@rosebud3971]

This drug theme was true then and as it is now in 2017, 68 years later! Delinquency and drug trafficking never changes.

[@DCShaneTours]

Cannabis is a non-toxic sleep medicine, lol. Seriously, legal where I live (DC, US) and cannabis helps me sleep. As this movie shows, pills kill, lol.

[@jennygibbons1258]

But we know now that law enforcement agencies are involved heavily in drug running and corruption. Probably started back then but not on the present scale. We just didn't know it.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

I saw a "Dragnet" episode that addressed marijuana use among teens. It was taken more seriously back then.

[@paulmcginn5146]

the women are beautiful. mr america hits the scene and the music is to die for

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

when your a detective it's good to have connections with teens so you can get inside the crime rings.

[@wilsonstone935]

Ain't it, -as long as it's a good teenager and not onea them hopped up hooligans

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

@@wilsonstone935 a hopped up hooligan teen can be arrested and then you can turn him into a stool pigeon and he can rat out his friends.....to mix a metaphor

[@wilsonstone935]

@@TheHypnotstCollector yeah, then he'd give em the straight dope on the racket

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

YOU'RE

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

@@scarygary-qq1pj dang, hate that error....gives snowflakes alphabet community libtards something with which to Beat The Dog . another one is there their they're. cruel world youtube....

[@cherryblossomplumtree500]

Oh doctor doctor give me the news!

[@poopypants814]

The windows in the apt were made of paper ...hahaha!

[@Throwback-Films]

Thanks for another great upload but quick question, how could you leave George eiferman out of your stars listing for this movie.? Considering he was Mr America 1948 and would think he was the biggest name in this movie.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

He was. Look again.👀👁️

[@Throwback-Films]

@@scarygary-qq1pj I'll give it another look

[@danieldavis8963]

Better acting on the Thunder birds

[@-oiiio-3993]

Fireball XL-5.

[@marksimpson2451]

But she gotta keep her glasses on bwaahaaa

[@scotnick59]

Lita Grey was married to Charlie Chaplin - years before this mess

[@tpe54]

A benny for your thoughts.

[@wilsonstone935]

Ha

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Nowadays, "Bennies" refer to "benefits" in regards to employment.🙄

[@fromthesidelines]

"Everybody's gotta start somewhere" department: Danny Arnold, who co-wrote this film, and served as "assistant director", later became a prominent writer/producer/director in Hollywood, particularly in television {"BEWITCHED", "THAT GIRL", "MY WORLD AND WELCOME TO IT", "BARNEY MILLER", et. al.}.

[@jackiesmith2801]

@6:33 he talks about nitrophenol tablets. The effects sound similar to the "Rave" drug.
From an article in, The Guardian, February 6, 2014....
DNP was first used on an industrial scale in French munitions factories during the first world war when it was mixed with picric acid to make explosives. The experiences of workers exposed to DNP highlighted both its potential and its risks. They lost weight, they felt fatigue, sweated excessively and exhibited elevated body temperature. Many deaths occurred before safety measures were introduced.
These observations led Maurice Tainter and Windsor Cutting at Stanford University to study the effects of DNP and in 1933 they reported that metabolism was stimulated by 50% in patients taking the chemical. Fat and carbohydrate stores were broken down leading to weight loss of up to 1.5kg per week without dietary restriction. Although they saw the potential of DNP treatment for weight loss, they warned of the unknown dangers prolonged use and the potential for fatal overheating with high doses.
Losing weight without dieting is, however, the slimmer’s (and the physician’s) dream. Tainter and Cutting’s observations were embraced enthusiastically and within a year up to 20 wholesale drug firms were marketing DNP and as many as 100,000 people had taken DNP in the US alone. Many of the sales occurred through drug stores without prescription or supervision.
At first it seemed that the drug was relatively safe but as more patients took DNP and for longer periods, many side effects were reported including skin lesions and an epidemic of “dinitrophenol cataracts”. Some deaths occurred including one man who overdosed and “literally cooked to death” with a temperature of 43.3C. In 1938, DNP was designated as “extremely dangerous and not fit for human consumption” and its use ceased.
Read more in The Guardian dot com slash science. The article is from February 6 2014.

[@scottmckay9535]

Bennie's and goofy's. If that was all we had to deal with, we wouldn't be near as effed up as we are

[@DCShaneTours]

Booze is the worst drug of them all.

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

​@@DCShaneToursAs well as nicotine.🚬🪦⚰️🚬🪦⚰️🚬

[@eddieb7054]

Umberto Scalli is one of cinema's great antagonists (just kidding). Timothy Farrell was a police officer and later co founder an animal welfare charity.

[@robvancamp2781]

How'd that ever get by the Hayes Office?

[@-oiiio-3993]

A bit of debauchery could be shown to illustrate 'how not to behave' as long as nefarious evil - doers and those who were seduced by drugs come to an inglorious end.

[@colonelkurtz2269]

Before the Mexican Cartels, all the dope came from Diana's Fitness Studios.

[@jimclark6256]

The old product of their environment , literals were stupid even back then.

[@steveweinstein3222]

Poverty Row studio uses cheesecake and beefcake to bring eyeballs to screen.

[@markforcyth2445]

No good ever came from a teenage poolside game of blindman's bluff!!

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

MARCO!...

[@oldfan1963]

Delightfully awful! 5 STARS!

[@stephaniehand503]

First scene must be said by every generation. Crazy teenagers.

[@davidcarlson2152]

Preachy, preachy.

[@waderaney7]

A great movie !

[@philthycat1408]

Based on a teenage Judge Judy's rebellious years.

[@Cracktaculus]

@2:10 judge Rosalind makes a familiar case for the youth of the 2020's...

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

And "speed" has another meaning now.🤯
btw, She sounds like Mae West.

[@Songwriter376]

2:32 She just described today's times to a T.

[@GreatClips99]

What happened to Annette Warren's song? It's listed in the credits but I didn't hear it. Is it there?

[@salobrena6442]

blimps...LOL what would he make of people today..

[@gaslitworldf.melissab2897]

I can see why it was popular back then to have a set of ribs removed. The fashions didn't give women much leeway to hide figure flaws. And everyone is tucking the waste like their lives depend upon it. No more corsets and baggy dresses.

[@locouk]

Every film that has Mr America in it is amazing..
Amazingly crap lol..
I think the script writers must have been on drugs, as for the actors.. They needed drugs!

[@DCShaneTours]

If they had smoked some weed the movie would have been better.

[@DCShaneTours]

Lunesta. Side effects include organ damage and death! lol

[@sscbkr48]

This the best film I've ever seen! This is the worst film everrr! 😆 lol

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Precisely. "If death occurs, please tell your doctor."🙀

[@paulmcginn5146]

bottom line loved it

[@poopypants814]

2 ton Tessie

[@meatloafjoestrickland]

I loved that

[@arthurkaske7351]

THIS IS AWFUL!

[@scottjustscott127]

Worst ma, ma, ma, movie ever!!! Perfect video for how NOT to act or direct. The quality is right out of the 1920s movies...soundtrack to prove it.

[@justinecooper9575]

I've had worse times.

[@keithharvey7230]

Tassie went into the sea

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Resulting in a tsunami.

[@danielstanwyck2812]

What???!!! Grade Z.

[@autumnt.allgood8895]

That fight scene was to comical.
how can a cop forget his assignment.
is the photo still floating out there?
this crap is still going on today.
know who your kids keep company with.
get to know their parents as well.
set boundaries & respect each otherm

[@scarygary-qq1pj]

Don't forget "Use capital letters at the beginning of a sentence".

[@ZEUSOFHOLLYWOOD]

Horrible Acting by horrible act-tors" they should have stayed working in the greasy diners they were found in. Reminds me of the current dribble ppl pay for in 2016.

[@992009zee]

such Terrible acting

[@barbaracrickley6191]

What cheap looking settings windows with no glass, "actors" pretending to act. Did they actually get paid for this mess.? Mr America looked about 5ft.

[@mikeholmes5824]

Things were a lot more fun 20 years in the future when we had rock n roll and cheap Mexican pot.

[@joannetyler8390]

Where can I find a lid?

[@deborahleone4351]

Charlie Chaplin’s second wife.....good of’ Charlie, guess he ended up allowing her (or he lost a court battle?) to use his name.
Kinda masculine, isn’t she??? Good acting though.....jus don’t make good entertainment any more. God bless all! In Jesus Name 😘🙏✝️✡️🙋‍♀️

[@kingerydev]

Fully crap-tastic. This should be an MST3K episode. A high school production.

[@ellecee453]

Lita Grey was Charlie Chaplin's second wife

[@nolawest5183]

I suppose one of the reasons our kids today are so desperate is because movies or even television shows stopped becoming a place for information for the whole family! I really think my generation was the last to get ABC's "After School Specials" [& Such] that taught us about consequences that came from ""DOING THINGS THAT WERE ILLEGAL, DANGEROUS, STUPID OR IMMORAL,"" & we got a good dose of ""LESSONS FROM OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES, PARENTAL DIVORCES, MONEY TROUBLES & FAMILY."" We watched the actors portray things we were struggling with on a personal level helping us to deal with "LIFE."
Our households were falling apart, I believe partially due to lack of Parental guidance in the home after school. Families depended more & more on a "Two Income Household." No More Chaperones &/or A Soft Place To Land While Struggling W/ Our Existence As Kids In The 1970-80's.
The Mainstream Channels Stopped Sending Us Good Wholesome Value Shows & Began Feeding Us [or should I say - 'drowning' us] With Content More Adult In Nature, & Gave Us An Intimate Look Into The Feelings & Characters Of "Bad Guys" or "Sleaze Balls" - I think this was/is a sneaky way to undermine what we're taught by our parents.
Criminals Scientists call this the "Pain Matrix." This means we are becoming more in-tuned with their pain; biologically inclined to want and need to understand them on a personal level; deepening our interest & therefore, we'll stay to watch what happens next, whether or not we like the guy or agree with his morals...
I think that's very true or movies would lack depth or oomph! lol But, I'm Not Convinced This Is Good For Our Already Depressed & Under Nurtured Children - Especially Today!~ Peace!

[@marywilliams9858]

Nola West We grew up watching Westerns and we always rooted for the hero.

[@mistercash1000]

Devil's Sleep = Really awful

[@eddancer1381]

+m lane It's free and I think it's great

[@ricardocerrillo1897]

At 1:56 and forward she is describing the current zeitgeist in our daily lives. Same crap, different mugs.

[@davidgriffin14]

@ 14:45 did he say "that bitch in the white suit"?

[@AKLDGUY]

that dish in the white suit.

[@chrisbowen9043]

It's interesting historically, but aesthetically it really sucks. Has a propaganda type style and purpose with bad acting all around.

[@mogreenz]

bennys & goofballs !

[@leecoffman2594]

HA HA HA !!! THIS JOKE IS DEPLORABLE !!!!!

[@deborahleone4351]

Hmmmmm.......I see the “actress” (I use the term loosely) who was married to Charlie Chaplin got herself billed “Lita Gray Chaplin” - - well, she DID have two sons to the guy, guess she could use his name......💕🙋‍♀️

[@martinoamello3017]

Uhmm..drugs are bad..ehmmm..ok?

[@wilsonstone935]

John lennon and Paul McCartney invented lsd

[@wilsonstone935]

@@davidhull1481 I hear ya, but I was complementing dudes south park reference, from same episode -weak I know