A capitalist is concerned about recent collective demonstrations on the part of his workers which display great hostility toward him. He decides to investigate the matter further.
A greatly absurd film in its dramatic solutions, yet somewhat interesting and fun while it is in the process of arriving at such solutions. This is a pattern which is almost invariably followed in American films up until the 1960s. One wonders if, at any rate, the film's material is not unusually liberal for its director, and then wonders further if it is not the writer-producer who is calling the shots (here and elsewhere), and then wonders some more if the compromising way in which conflicts are solved is not perfectly fit to acommodate all political views. The middleman is always punished in these films, and in this specific instance it's managers who get the worst in the end (policemen do not fare much better), while capital and labor dance together into eternal bliss. One finally wonders if that is so absurd after all, and if this is not exactly how real life is.
Rating: 51
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