{"id":2473,"date":"2007-03-08T17:29:05","date_gmt":"2007-03-09T00:29:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2473"},"modified":"2021-01-18T09:28:09","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T16:28:09","slug":"quick-millions-1931","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2473","title":{"rendered":"Quick Millions (1931)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;Racketeering is just getting what the other guy&#8217;s got &#8212; in a nice way.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Quick-Millions-Poster.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Quick-Millions-Poster-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-22892\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Quick-Millions-Poster-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Quick-Millions-Poster-90x128.jpg 90w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Quick-Millions-Poster.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nAn ambitious trucker (Spencer Tracy) rises to power and becomes notorious racketeer &#8220;Bugs Raymond&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Gangsters<\/li>\n<li>George Raft Films<\/li>\n<li>Rise-and-Fall<\/li>\n<li>Social Climbers<\/li>\n<li>Spencer Tracy Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nLong out of circulation (though it shows up occasionally on television), <em>Quick Millions<\/em> is primarily known today as the feature debut of Rowland Brown, notorious director of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=1370\"><em>Blood Money<\/em> (1933)<\/a>. Unlike its more famous counterpart, however, <em>Quick Millions <\/em> is a disappointment: it possesses only a few moments of inspired direction, and suffers from a cliched, instantly forgettable plot. Ultimately, <em>Quick Millions<\/em> is only recommended for diehard fans of early gangsters flicks, and\/or those curious to see Spencer Tracy in his first &#8220;legitimate&#8221; leading role.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Spencer Tracy as the &#8220;guy with a one-ton brain who&#8217;s too nervous to steal and too lazy to work&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Bugs.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Bugs.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2475\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>George Raft soft-shoeing to &#8220;Frankie and Johnny&#8221; at a party<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Raft.JPG\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/03\/Raft.JPG\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2474\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s a must for Spencer Tracy fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0022290\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/02\/28\/movies\/quick-millions-spencer-tracy-moma.html\">NY Times Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Racketeering is just getting what the other guy&#8217;s got &#8212; in a nice way.&#8221; Synopsis: An ambitious trucker (Spencer Tracy) rises to power and becomes notorious racketeer &#8220;Bugs Raymond&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Gangsters George Raft Films Rise-and-Fall Social Climbers Spencer Tracy Films Review: Long out of circulation (though it shows up occasionally on television), Quick Millions is primarily known today as the feature debut of Rowland Brown, notorious director of Blood Money (1933). Unlike its more famous counterpart,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2473\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2473"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64160,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2473\/revisions\/64160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}