A Hole in the Head

After Here Comes the Groom, Capra took nearly a decade off of feature filmmaking. He became a farmer and then entered television and animation work through things like the Bell System Science series before being enticed back by Frank Sinatra to make this adaptation of an Arnold Schulman play. With shades of Capraesque elements sprinkled throughout, this is first and foremost a Sinatra vehicle at a time when he was still wanting to be taken seriously as an actor. And, it’s okay. It’s not good...