Killer Dill (1947)

Immediately forgettable 16 July 2021

Salesman Johnny Dill (Stuart Erwin) gets confused for a mob boss.  Much alleged hilarity ensues.  

This will be short and sweet - I didn’t care for Killer Dill.  The main character and his supposed comic antics really annoyed me.  Very little of it worked. And, to make matters worse, I didn’t care for Erwin in the Dill role.  He doesn't have the physical presence necessary to play the heavy.  The writing is lame and childish with Dill going in and out of tough guy mode and none of the other characters seeming to notice.  Ugh!  There’s not much here to recommend.

The only real highlights for me were Mike Mazurki and Milburn Stone.  Both gentlemen acquitted themselves well and deserved to be in something better than this.

Overall, Killer Dill is an immediately forgettable film.  I think my rating is more than generous and based almost solely on Mazurki and Stone.  

4/10