Joel & Garda Sloan, a husband and wife detective team, who also sell rare books in New York, take a vacation to Seaside City. At Seaside, Joel's pal, Mike Stevens is managing and preparing for their beauty pageant. Joel is made one of the judges plus he has invested $5,000 in it, to Garda's dismay. Eric Bartell, promoter, arrives to dupe Stevens. When Ed Connors, New York racketeer arrives, Bartell is mysteriously murdered. Joel and Garda set out to investigate the murder.
Fast and Furious has generally received mixed reviews.
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Fast and Furious was released in 1939 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 621 reviews, giving Fast and Furious (1939) an average rating of 57%.
Overall, cinema-goers prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 69%, compared to film critics, who gave it a lower average score of 51%. Amateur reviewers were more impressed with Fast and Furious than critics were.
With a score of 57%, Fast and Furious is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1939, which stands at 61%.
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