
You're Not So Tough
Seen it?1940 | 65 min | Crime, Drama
Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- A natural pick for people who like their stories with a little danger and anyone who likes a story with emotional weight. Plenty of moral grey areas to chew on. Shelve it next to Angels with Dirty Faces.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Lets scenes breathe, at 1 hr 5 min. Done before bedtime.
- What might put you off
- Made in 1940: an older pace and style.
- Skip it if you like your heroes clean-cut.
The Dead End Kids are out of the slums of New York's East Side and running around the sunny valleys of California looking for a way to make a quick buck. The idea of working never enters their minds until Halop is egged on by Grey to show his capabilities. Before long, he and Hall are working on the ranch of Galli, an elderly Italian woman who treats her workers like human beings instead of animals. Galli's son disappeared as an infant, and Halop tries to convince her that he is that long lost son, thus possibly sharing in her wealth. Galli is such a good person that Halop is soon motivated by respect instead of greed, so he devises a plan to help her when truckers and a labor organization band together to keep her crops from making it to market.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 918 people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Joe May
- Billy HalopTommy Abraham Lincoln
- Huntz HallAlbert 'Pig'
- Gabriel DellString
- Bernard PunslyApe
- Bobby JordanRap
- Nan GreyMillie
- Rosina GalliMama Posito
- Henry ArmettaSalvatore
- Eddy WallerGriswold
- Harry HaydenLacey