Baby Face Morgan

Baby Face Morgan is a 1942 American comedy of errors crime film directed by Arthur Dreifuss. The film was a notable B effort for PRC Producers Releasing Corporation. Jack Schwarz was producer, and Leon Fromkess, was listed as in charge of production.

Edward, who never knew his father or the life he led is a small town delivery boy. The two henchmen misinterpret his account of taking collections and leaving pineapples as proof he uses hand grenades to support his extortion racket and brings him back to Doc. Doc immediately sees Edward and his cousin Chick Chandler Ollie are naive youngsters but decide to use Edwards name as a unifying element. However, Doc ensures that that gangsters never meet Edward nor does Edward meet the criminals or know what business they are in. Doc sets Edward and Ollie up as President and Vice President of one of Big Morgans shelf corporations called the Acme Protection Agency where the profits of the criminals extortion rackets are funneled to. Edward and Ollie believe they are running am insurance company staffed with one of Docs henchmen, his moll and an office full of rabbits that the henchman wants to use to make a fur coat for his moll. The criminals are told that Big Morgans brutal son Baby Face is running things and they believe Docs stories of his cruelty.Doc believes the Federal authorities are occupied with Japanese Americans and the German American Bund so they will have a free run. The gangsters begin to extort trucking companies and all pay up, except one led by Virginia Mary Carlisle who throws the gangster out of her office. They plan revenge by destroying one of her trucks on its run. When Virginias courage makes the newspapers, Ollie decides that their insurance company can sell policies to the victims of Baby Face Morgan though Edward does not realise that he is Baby Face. When Virginia and Edward meet they fall in love. Virginia buys a large policy, the gangsters destroy the truck and Edward pays off the next day. Edwards prompt payment leads all the other trucking companies to purchase policies from Acme Protection and challenge the gangsters to destroy their old vehicles when they refuse to pay the extortion. ........

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