So You Think You're Not Guilty

So You Think You're Not Guilty

Directed by Richard L. Bare

Produced by Richard L. Bare Productions, The Vitaphone Corporation

195010 min6.1 / 10

A lighthearted 1950s comedy short about a hapless everyman whose minor traffic violation spirals into absurd legal consequences through his own bumbling.

Joe McDoakes pleads "not guilty" to a traffic violation but is convicted anyway. Handling this setback in his usual manner, the two-dollar fine quickly pyramids to a 10-year jail sentence.

Questions people ask

  • Is So You Think You're Not Guilty sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is So You Think You're Not Guilty violent? Barely. Less violent than 76% of films.

  • Is So You Think You're Not Guilty easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Is So You Think You're Not Guilty scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Does So You Think You're Not Guilty end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.

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53/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity88

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise54

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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