SmugKitZine Tied for the best movie I have ever seen

BlazeLime Strong and Moving!

Dartherer I really don't get the hype.

Helloturia I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

JohnHowardReid In his autobiography, Yakima Canutt doesn't so much as even mention "They Never Come Back" (1932) in which he obviously doubled for Regis Toomey in the hard-hitting boxing scenes. And no wonder Yakima is so silent! "They Never Come Back" is an utterly time-wasting movie, despite the presence of an attractive female threesome in the persons of Dorothy Sebastian, Greta Granstedt and Gertrude Astor. The ladies are great, but the male players, on the other hand, are strictly from hunger. I don't want to come down too hard, but it's enough to say that Kit Guard, in an uncredited role as Toomey's second, walks away with the big boys' acting honors. Kit Guard of all people! Kit Guard? I've even forgotten what he looks like! The boring script also rates as unintentionally ridiculous and Fred Newmeyer's direction (or rather lack of direction) is just totally inept. Fortunately, the DVD quality is lousy too, so this is a movie that can safely be missed.

John Howard Reid In his autobiography, Yakima Canutt doesn't mention They Never Come Back (1932) in which he obviously doubled for Regis Toomey in the hard-hitting boxing scenes. And no wonder! It's a time-wasting movie despite the presence of an attractive female threesome in the persons of Dorothy Sebastian, Greta Granstedt and Gertrude Astor. The male players, on the other hand, are strictly from hunger. It's enough to say that Kit Guard, in an uncredited role as Toomey's second, walks away with the big boys' acting honors. The boring script also rates as unintentionally ridiculous and Fred Newmeyer's direction (or rather lack of direction) totally inept.

kidboots Jimmy (Regis Toomey) finds out his mother has died just before his big fight. Of course he loses but he also injures his arm. Because he can't fight anymore he gets a job as a bouncer at a swanky night club. He also becomes smitten with Adele (cute Dorothy Sebastian), a dancer, who is having trouble with Mr. Filmore, the owner. Her brother, Ralph, (Eddie Woods, who co-starred with James Cagney in "The Public Enemy") has been stealing money from the till, Filmore finds out and forces him to frame Jimmy. Ralph confesses to Adele, so she romances Filmore to get him to confess so Jimmy can be released from jail. Jimmy gets out of jail on good behaviour and finds out what is happening. He goes back for one last fight to win a purse of $1,000, to pay back the money.It is not as bad as the reviewers make out. Both the stars do the best they can with the material. Dorothy Sebastian was a great little star in the silents but in talkies her career strangely petered out. In this film she photographs nicely and has a very cute personality - sometimes very hard to get across in these cheap movies. Gertrude Astor from "The Cat and the Canary" (1927) plays Kate, one of the nightclub managers. Regis Toomey, on the other hand, after debuting in "Alibi" (1929) didn't stop working until just before his death at 93!!!

Hitchcoc This is one big clunker, from the ridiculous boxing scenes, to the whole premise. The actors sit around and mug and overact. There are pregnant pauses and endless pontificating. The guy needs to pay money back. There are a group of pathetic buffoons who get into the act. It's as if the director had no script and tried to squeeze what he thought was interesting int a series of scenes that go nowhere. Is anyone vindicated? Does it matter. At no time during the film did I care what happened to anyone. The whole boxing thing is dreadful and when it's over, how is it resolved? There is no suspense, no emotion, no questions to be answered. Normally, I can see some merit in these old films. I see none here.