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On the Spot
“XTRA! XTRA!... Frankie's In Another Jam... but this time it's really a JAM!”
58%
Movie
1h 2m
AI Analysis
On the Spot (1940) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of On the Spot (1940) — a movie tagged as Mystery and Comedy with funny and tense moods and steady pacing.
Story & themes: Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for date night, solo focused viewing, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~62 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate On the Spot 58% (5 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.
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TMDb audience score
58%
from 5 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson, become involved when a wounded gangster starts to tell them where $300,000 in stolen loot is hidden, but he is murdered before he can give them all of the information. The search is on.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1940-06-11
- Runtime
- 1h 2m
- TMDB rating
- 5.8
- TMDB ID
- 140837
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What is On the Spot about?
Frankie Kelly is the soda jerk and embryo scientist in Midvales only drugstore. Two murders and an attempted killing suddenly swing Midvale into national prominence. Frankie and his pal, Jefferson,... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for On the Spot?
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How long is the movie On the Spot?
The official runtime for On the Spot is approximately 62 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast
Frankie Darro
Frankie 'Doc' Kelly
Mary Kornman
Ruth Hunter
Mantan Moreland
Jefferson White
John St. Polis
Doc Hunter
Robert Warwick
Cyrus Haddon
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Maxine Leslie
Gerry Dailey
Lillian Elliott
Mrs. Kelly
LeRoy Mason
Smilin' Bill
Gene O'Donnell
Slats Eckert
Russell Hopton
Dave Nolan
Jeffrey Sayre
Hype Innes
Dave O'Brien
Charlie
John Beck
Donald Kerr
Reporter in Phone Booth
Tristram Coffin
Robert Ames
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