The Four Deuces (1976)

This is a tongueincheek crime melodrama that became a Late Late Show fixture in the 1980s according to the DVD sleeve Jack Palance plays Vic Morono a highranking Prohibitionera mobster with a weakness for women who is waging an ongoing war with rival hoodlum Chico Hamilton Warren Berlinger Vic falls for gorgeous blonde Wendy Carol Lynley The films title refers to the name of his speakeasy and to his gang which consists of himself Wendy and a brace comicrelief hoodlums The Four Deuces opens with cartoon credits and attempts a stylish comic strip look Expecting some wit upon seeing the name Don Martin in the credits will drive you stark raving nuts this is not the cartoonist who worked for Mad magazine Light bondage and female flesh scenes might have upped ratings for those 1980s Late Late Show airings Perhaps most notable is the that Ms Lynley and Mr Berlinger worked much more memorably together in the stage and film versions of Blue Denim