'Spot Cash' Cutler (Pat O'Brien) and his minions scam unsuspecting customers in his low-rent storefront auction house on Second Avenue. His motto is I Sell Anything. He hooks in rich lady Millicent Clark (Claire Dodd) who buys a belt buckle for an excessive $50 price. Starving con-woman Barbara (Ann Dvorak) tries to con Spot Cash. Instead, he recruits her into his gang. A newspaper claims that the belt buckle sold for $5000 and Spot Cash wants his half. Instead, Millicent recruits him in her high class auctioneer business.
The scams are not necessarily that smart. It's just a lot of fast talking and bullying the weak and fake bids. It's supposed to be funny but it's mostly annoying. I wish the scamming is more inventive than that. Pat O'Brien is comfortably a low-rent con-man. I wouldn't mind him classing it up more once he joins Millicent. I also wouldn't mind some less obvious scams. It's just better if the audience gets caught by a big reveal.
The scams are not necessarily that smart. It's just a lot of fast talking and bullying the weak and fake bids. It's supposed to be funny but it's mostly annoying. I wish the scamming is more inventive than that. Pat O'Brien is comfortably a low-rent con-man. I wouldn't mind him classing it up more once he joins Millicent. I also wouldn't mind some less obvious scams. It's just better if the audience gets caught by a big reveal.