of this formula fight picture—which had script in- put from Ron Ormond (THE EXOTIC ONES)—is that it’s narrated by a boxing ring (!). Tony Canzoneri, a genuine boxing champion from the early 1930s, is interestingly cast as a slimy char- acter, a bantam-weight Little Caesar lookalike, who loiters around gyms and passes on infor- mation to the other side—he’s the one who tells the champ to work on the contender’s weak eye in the initial fight. Joseph Crehan (DICK TRACY MEETS GRUESOME) deserves more of a beating than he gets as the comedy relief sidekick, while Lyle Talbot (ATOM MAN VS SUPERMAN) is the radio announcer. HI-JACKED, directed by Sam Newfield (THE MONSTER MAKER) is another brisk, predictable outing. Jim Davis, leader of the heist gang in THE BIG CHASE, is now Joe Harper, a parolee truck driver trying to stay straight but set up as a patsy by his own boss (Ralph Sanford), whose freight concern is tied in with a hijack ring. Not only does Joe get drugged and slugged to be relieved of one cargo, but he’s also caught ferrying a load of
hot furs stamped as a legitimate shipment—which means he has to go to vigilante lengths to expose the real culprits and clear his name. David Brian is the strong-arm man this time but comic Sid Melton (THE ATOMIC SUBMARINE) gives the film’s standout performance as a peppy, nasty little wannabe who keeps begging to be allowed to use a gun and insists his confederates call him “Killer.” Also in a proficient B cast are Margia Dean, Iris Adrian (HORROR ISLAND), Marsha Jones (THE SPECTRE OF EDGAR ALLAN POE), Paul Cavanagh (THE FOUR SKULLS OF JONATHAN DRAKE) and Myron Healey (THE INCREDIBLE MELTING MAN). Like too many Newfield films, the title promises the sort of thrills which simply aren’t delivered— the director even stages staid, unenthusiastic armed robberies.
The disc’s extras are the second part of the interview with Jean Greenlaw and “Set-Up for Re-Entry,” a radio episode of MR. DISTRICT AT- TORNEY in which an extradited hood tries to sneak back into the US to re-establish his nar- cotics empire. The Luciano-like baddie gets
Sid Melton, seen here with Margia Dean, steals HI-JACKED as a nasty runt who wants to be called “Killer.”
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