Slim

"It's a scorcher!"

Jun 24 1937 Passed 1h 25m
Drama, Romance

Expert lineman Red takes Farm-boy Slim under his wing and teaches him the dangerous, migratory trade of putting up transmission lines. They both love their work, and the same girl, who hates their dangerous profession.

Plot

Farmer Slim joins a group of workers who are building power lines. Foreman Red teaches him all he needs and soon they become friends. When they are fired because they protected their boss in a case when another worker died by falling from a mast because he was drunk, they go to Chicago, where they spend their money and visit Red's girl friend, Cally. Cally, who Red doesn't want to marry because he doesn't want to make her a widow if he has an accident - also falls in love with Slim. On another construction site, Slim is stabbed by a personal foe of Red, when he accused him of sabotaging a 100 foot ladder Red intended to use. Cally, a nurse, comes to the hospital near the construction site and gets Slim back on his feet. Cally proposes marriage if Slim stops working, but he refuses and joins Red on a dangerous job, keeping the power on during a blizzard on the northern East coast. Working next to a 88,000 volt power line means taking a deadly risk, as Cally, Red and Slim know..

Written by

William Wister Haines

Directed by

Ray Enright

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
450
Average Rating
6.4 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA