Monday Morning Maybe

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High Explosive

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1943 | 63 min | Action, Drama

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, 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
Made for action fans. If you loved Beast, start here.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 3 min.
What might put you off
Made in 1943: an older pace and style.

Mike Douglas (Barry Sullivan), owner of a nitroglycerin concern hires his old friend "Buzz" Mitchell (Chester Morris), a race-driver of midget-auto cars who has been banned from racing, to go to work hauling nitro. "Buzz" makes a play for Connie Baker (Jean Parker), Mike's secretary and girlfriend, and also for Doris Lynch (Barbara Lynn), fiancée of Connie's younger brother, Jimmy ('Rand Brooks'), and gets Jimmy to replace him on a dangerous nitro haul and Jimmy, of course, has an accident and gets killed. But "Buzz" finds a way to redeem himself. The hard way.

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 powerWeak

    Streaming release that reached a small audience so far

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 940 people sought it out in the past year, and interest is climbing

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Cast & crew

Directed by Frank McDonald

  • Chester MorrisBuzz Mitchell
  • Jean ParkerConnie Baker
  • Barry SullivanMike Douglas
  • Ralph SanfordSquinchy Andrews
  • Rand BrooksJimmy Baker
  • Dick PurcellDave
  • Jack RandallJoe (as Allan Byron)
  • Barbara LynnDoris Lynch