Sullivan's Travels

An interesting premise for a film, but it seems a bit self serving. The clever movie-within-a-movie premise of showing actual hobo life--though one wonders if that was staged as well. The movie is a bit self-righteous at the end with McCrea's giving out money to all the itinerants he sees. The whole depiction of the chain gang is also a bit suspect--the idea of a famous director being put in one without the chance to appeal. Veronica Lake also serves no discernible purpose that I can see.