s. j. perelman and on whose play this be base and would sometimes use the nom de plume sidney namelrep and a silly and devil may care joke that be perfectly in tune with his sense of humor . he write some of the most outrageously funny piece ever to appear in the new yorker . his comedy be fill with whimsy and non sequiturs and twisted cliche and notion that seem to emerge recklessly from nowhere and scarcely mask libidinous allusion and ridiculously transparent self justification the kind of humor associate with the marx brother . and in fact he write some of their best line in ( if i remember correctly ) monkey business hurry and my dear and my regiment leave at dawn . his wit still can be see through the screen of the more strict narrative line see in this movie but because the character need to seem reasonably sane and their range be a bit restrict . ( mmm . do you concoct these little tidbit . ) the story itself and fortunately and be so absurd that it roll right along and in the same league a warner all through the night . it a pretty ancient tale . thief get into a store next to a bank in order to break through the wall into the vault . the first time i remember come across it be in a sherlock holmes tale and the red head league and and i doubt it be original with conan doyle . this be the early movie about such a caper that i be aware of . but later there be big deal on madonna street and most recently woody allan small time crook and which duplicate some of the incident as well a the general idea . ( the thief break open a water pipe while dig the tunnel while the original plan fizzle out when the phony business upstairs become an economic bonanza . ) it a well do and highly entertaining comedy with the usual roster of warner stalwart at their best . the kind of movie about which you can truly say and they do not make em like that anymore . i do not know how long it take to shoot . not long and i imagine . new york city be nothing more than a street on the back lot and a handful of interior . loyd bacon and whom no one ever proclaim a genius and know how to shoot a film efficienctly and the way a good car mechanic know his business and move the body around with careless ease . there isn not a wasted motion . every step and every opening of a door and every snarl and stutter and serve a purpose . robinson breeze through the whole business . jane wyman look cute . broderick crawford be dumb beyond belief . and every item of luggage in the store be nine seventy five . it all pretty amusing .