The Last Ride (1944) (MOD)

The Last Ride (1944) (MOD)After a couple of society swells meet their end thanks to a fatal combination of drunken joy riding and counterfeit tires, the forces of justice swear to bring down the mob's bootleg rubber racket once and for all. Thanks to wartime rationing, a sweet new set of rims is rarer than bacon, butter, and sugar, and the rackets are ready with a "tire insurance" scheme, selling dangerous counterfeits as brand new "Bluestones." Up and coming cop's cop Pat

bandleaders Xavier Cugat and Guy Lombardo

organ virtuoso Ethel Smith provides a rousing rendition of the Gershwins' Liza and among the long-stemmed beauties is tap-dancing Bettejane Greer

They understand

The Last Czarnian and "The Main Man"

World War I is underway and young men are eager to enlist

This athletic heather t-shirt features a Looney Tunes inspired design

while Popeye resumes his riotous relationship with his shipmate Shorty and his naughty nephews Pipeye

and even some snazzy two-strip Technicolor

Frances Fisher and Brian Dennehy shine as Lone Star denizens not so much swayed as gradually infected by Mr

Looks like Curtis is going over the wall

combine in this fast-moving film that's been likened to MGM's Manhattan Melodrama

Coated with flavorful tunes and production design that constantly dazzles the eye