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* NonActorVehicle: Detective Andy's actor, Ron Slinker, was a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er by trade.

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** This was the only film role of Mr. No Legs himself, Ted Vollrath, who was a martial artist and motivational speaker by trade.
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Detective Andy's actor, Ron Slinker, was a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er by trade.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The fact that our heroes actually never face off Mr. No Legs himself has been noted in many modern reviews, especially when in the climax, [[spoiler:Mr. No Legs and D'Angelo get killed off, the detectives' superior officer Hathaway is suddenly revealed out of nowhere to have been in cahoots with the criminals all along, and instead of some climatic fight (especially considering Mr. No Legs's actor's real life martial arts credentials), the last ten minutes of the film are spent on a seemingly endless car chase trying to apprehend Hathaway.]]

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The fact that our heroes actually never face off with Mr. No Legs himself has been noted in many modern reviews, especially when in the climax, [[spoiler:Mr. No Legs and D'Angelo get killed off, the detectives' superior officer Hathaway is suddenly revealed out of nowhere to have been in cahoots with the criminals all along, and instead of some climatic fight (especially considering Mr. No Legs's actor's real life martial arts credentials), the last ten minutes of the film are spent on a seemingly endless car chase trying to apprehend Hathaway.]]
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* NonActorVehicle: Detective Andy's actor, Ron Slinker, was a {{professional wrestl|ing}}er by trade.
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* DancingBear: Pretty much the only reason the movie is known nowadays is because the title character is portrayed by a real-life double-leg amputee (and the character in question is a Mafia enforcer at that).
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** The death of Andy's sister, in which Chuck and Andy's reactions really don't hold up.

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** The death of Andy's sister, in which Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, which really don't hold up.

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* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion and retired Marine in RealLife) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, in which their reactions really don't hold up; Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all) which, to make things more awkward, is clearly a song about romantic love, which really doesn't mesh well together with a brother grieving over his sister; and the bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.

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* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion and retired Marine in RealLife) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the include:
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death of Andy's sister, in which their Chuck and Andy's reactions really don't hold up; up.
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Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all) which, to make things more awkward, is clearly a song about romantic love, which really doesn't mesh well together with a brother grieving over his sister; and the sister.
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bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.
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* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion in real life) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, in which their reactions really don't hold up; Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all) which, to make things more awkward, is clearly a song about romantic love, which really doesn't mesh well together with a brother grieving over his sister; and the bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.

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* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion and retired Marine in real life) RealLife) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, in which their reactions really don't hold up; Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all) which, to make things more awkward, is clearly a song about romantic love, which really doesn't mesh well together with a brother grieving over his sister; and the bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.
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* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion in real life) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, in which their reactions really don't hold up; Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all); and the bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.

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* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion in real life) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, in which their reactions really don't hold up; Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all); all) which, to make things more awkward, is clearly a song about romantic love, which really doesn't mesh well together with a brother grieving over his sister; and the bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.
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* JustHereForGodzilla: Pretty much the only reason the movie is sought after nowadays is because of Mr. No Legs himself.
* {{Narm}}: It says something that the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer is ''not'' this (as Ted Vollrath makes a convincing tough guy, most likely helped by the fact that he was a karate champion in real life) but many other scenes in the film definitely are, due to the rough acting and dialogue. Standouts include Chuck and Andy's reactions to the death of Andy's sister, in which their reactions really don't hold up; Andy's grief montage over his sister's death being accompanied by a nails-to-the-chalkboard song by a duo credited as Mercy (with many modern reviews joking that if they'd lived up to their name, they wouldn't have appeared at all); and the bar brawl scene, where the two patrons who instigated it couldn't look more dead-eyed and bored if they could.
* NarmCharm: Sure, the idea of a double leg amputee who's a dangerous mafia enforcer sounds ridiculous, and scenes suchs as the one where Mr. No Legs overpowers half a dozen attackers on paper look like they prove it, but the fact that his actor Ted Vollrath was a karate champion in real life really lends some credibility to it, and his skills really are quite impressive.
* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: The fact that our heroes actually never face off Mr. No Legs himself has been noted in many modern reviews, especially when in the climax, [[spoiler:Mr. No Legs and D'Angelo get killed off, the detectives' superior officer Hathaway is suddenly revealed out of nowhere to have been in cahoots with the criminals all along, and instead of some climatic fight (especially considering Mr. No Legs's actor's real life martial arts credentials), the last ten minutes of the film are spent on a seemingly endless car chase trying to apprehend Hathaway.]]
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