Here’s Flash Casey is a fine piece of Great Depression diversion cinema. To uplift a discouraged public, Here’s Flash Casey follows the charming Flash Casey as he works to rise up in the world of photography. Bubbly and optimistic, as Casey gets out of college he doesn’t believe it will be difficult to make it in photo journalism. When finding a job gets tough, however, he resorts to a minor form of blackmail when he snaps the picture of a newspaper editor kissing a floozy. While handling a budding romance with one of the writers at the paper, Casey begins uncovering all sorts of dirt about high society. Brash, uplifting, sunny, and cocky, Here’s Flash Casey is a Great Depression popcorn flick that doesn’t disappoint.
