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Rock All Night (1957)
Ends up being a decent film but a lot of speed bumps on the way
Nice individual acting by Dick Miller, Russell Johnson, Jeanne Cooper, and Robin Morse helped make up for a bare bones plot. The biggest problem is the illogical behavior of so many people. First of all, the band complains about being cold but then doesn't go inside to listen to Abbie Dalton sing. Abbie Dalton has a chance to have Sir Bop take her home but chooses to stay in the bar despite the almost psychopathic behavior of Miller. Plus the police don't stick around to get the names and numbers of all the witnesses. Dick Miller is all too willing to use his knife on a guy who just wants him to move his hat but leaves it in his pocket when another guy threatens to kill him. There are probably a couple of others I've forgotten, but the big one is at the end, and I don't think this qualifies as a spoiler because evidently Roger Corman didn't think it mattered, but what about the dead body in the back room? No one even mentions it. And finally, it all wraps up much too quickly and too neatly.