High Voltage (1929)
The crook, the thief, her lawman and the snow
18 July 2011
Badly acted and badly directed early talkie. Public bus gets stuck in the snow in the middle of nowhere. Passengers are forced to take refuge in a deserted old church house nearby. A wanted crook is hiding in the church and joins the group. One of the passengers is a convicted lady crook who conspires with him. Together they plan but do not act out an escape. End of story. And end of a very dreary hour…

Most hilarious moment is the bus getting jammed in the snow. Some of the worst acting and most inconceivable dialogues I've ever come across in a motion picture. Never mind the poor sound techniques, if you can't do it right, don't do it at all. Adults behaving like children. Some sparkling is seen in the crooks 'love scene' towards the end. Everything else is highly forgettable.
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