During Prohibition, Gold Velvet Beer was a big seller, along with being darn right illegal. But when the Prohibition laws were repealed the beer sales hit rock bottom. The brewery owner, Remy Marco (Edward G. Robinson), can't quite understand why the bar owners (who earlier gladly stocked his beer) refused to continue purchasing his product ('taste the beer Remy, taste it').
He asks the brewery's 'managerial team'(a bunch of stumble-bum hoods)to get him the answer to the sudden turn of events ('taste the beer Remy, taste it'). Oh, they know the answer but are afraid to tell the big boss.
Marco is forced to sell off all his assets and go into debt to keep the brewery afloat. With only days remaining before the banks would call in his loans, Marco takes his family (along with his 'managerial team') to Saratoga, hoping to get new financial backing. Along the way, he stops at an orphanage to pick-out an orphan, one who would be treated with a short vacation with the Marco family.
Once the Marco's and company finally reach Saratoga, things go from bad to worse. The orphan is played by a young Bobby Jordan, one of the early Eastside Kids...and he is a handful...a laugh-out-loud handful. And dead bodies start showing up everywhere, all while poor Remy is desperately trying to get that financial backing.
Remy may not have enjoyed the ensuing events, but I sure did...I'm giving it '9 Gold Velvets'...'taste the beer Remy...taste it'
He asks the brewery's 'managerial team'(a bunch of stumble-bum hoods)to get him the answer to the sudden turn of events ('taste the beer Remy, taste it'). Oh, they know the answer but are afraid to tell the big boss.
Marco is forced to sell off all his assets and go into debt to keep the brewery afloat. With only days remaining before the banks would call in his loans, Marco takes his family (along with his 'managerial team') to Saratoga, hoping to get new financial backing. Along the way, he stops at an orphanage to pick-out an orphan, one who would be treated with a short vacation with the Marco family.
Once the Marco's and company finally reach Saratoga, things go from bad to worse. The orphan is played by a young Bobby Jordan, one of the early Eastside Kids...and he is a handful...a laugh-out-loud handful. And dead bodies start showing up everywhere, all while poor Remy is desperately trying to get that financial backing.
Remy may not have enjoyed the ensuing events, but I sure did...I'm giving it '9 Gold Velvets'...'taste the beer Remy...taste it'