Hard to Handle

“Now you listen to me, Hinchecliffe. It’ll be for the last time. I’m through with your dirty rag, and I’m through with you. Oh, I’m not ducking any of the blame for this thing. You thought of the murder and I committed it. But I did it for smaller profit. For wages. You did it …

It’s safe to say that most films that have tackled The Great Depression did so in a melancholy fashion; befitting the mood of the nation and “properly” dignifying the experiences of those who suffered through it, and even those who never lived to see the economy recover. It was, after all, the most devastating economic …