This Saturday night on Roku OSI 74 and Twitch (kicking off with a sprightly preshow at 10:00 and the main feature at 11:00), Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia presents a great, pop-cultural crossover, as Boris Karloff goes up against Ralph Byrd in the 1947, B-movie classic, Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome.
Directed by John (The Green Hornet Strikes Again!) Rawlins and written by Robert E. Kent and William Graffis, the adventure oozes of fun, with Karloff's titular baddie (abetted by Skelton Knagg's X-Ray) pulls a semi-Mr. Freeze/Captain Cool, using an immobilizing gas to subdue his adversaries. Byrd's dashing, master detective (along with his sweetie, Anne Gwynne's Tess Trueheart, and his sidekick, Lyle Latell's Pat Patson) counters the villainy with super-sharp know-how.
For the movie's wraparound, Mr. Lobo shares his irreverent perspectives on the Chester Gould-inspired tale, squeezing in trailers, snack-bar inserts and a politically incorrect, Dick Tracy cartoon from the 1960s. To support the brash frivolity, the sexy Lady Shank'nstein pumps up the action with an amiable yet competitive visit.
Be sure to tune in, folks. The one delivers the investigative goods and oodles more!
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