YMMV / Fools' Parade

• Harsher in Hindsight: Appleyard wearing a dynamite vest and threatening to blow himself up to gain leverage over the villains was just a quirky gimmick in the 1970s, but can feel more uncomfortable with the prevalence of terrorist related suicide bombings in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries.
• One-Scene Wonder: Large Ham, patriotic houseboat-dwelling prostitute Cleo only appears for a couple of consecutive scenes that last about ten minutes, but she makes a big impression.
• They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot: Reformed bank robber Cottrill never deploys his expertise to help Matty force Morally Bankrupt Banker Grindstaff to cash their check.