Summary
The Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college by a pair of rich snobs who think they can turn the Boys into classy guys. Sach becomes a football star, and is kidnapped by gangsters to keep him out of the big game.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 61GoodWatch 66
IMDb6.1
Running time
1 h 7 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 action movies, −41 min on the typical 108
typical 10867Half of all action movies run 96–127 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1952
March 23, 1952
74 years ago
Genres
ActionComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 15 more22 people
- Leo GorceyTerence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz HallHorace Debussy 'Sach' Jones, a.k.a. Hurricane Jones
- John BromfieldBiff Wallace
- Veda Ann BorgCandy Calin
- Mona KnoxKatie Wayne
- Gloria WintersPenny Wells
- Taylor HolmesDean Forrester
- Bernard GorceyLouie Dumbrowsky / Morris Dumbrowsky
Gil StrattonJunior
David GorceyChuck
Benny BartlettButch
Francis PierlotA.J. Billingsley
Pierre WatkinMorgan T. Stanhope
Robert NicholsHarold Lane
Paul BryarCoach Rowland- BPBob PeoplesBob, Assistant Coach
George J. LewisMike Donelli- AEAl EbenBig Dave
- THTom HanlonTom Hanlon - Radio Announcer
Byron FoulgerMathematics Professor Grog (uncredited)- GSGeorge SandersPlayer (uncredited)
Cosmo SardoFootball Fan Spectator (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- William Beaudine Director
Writing · 2
- Tim Ryan Screenplay
- Charles R. Marion Screenplay
Production · 1
- Jerry Thomas Producer
Camera · 1
- Marcel Le Picard Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- William Austin Editor
Sound · 1
- Charles Cooper Sound Recordist
Art · 2
- Martin Obzina Art Direction
- Robert Priestley Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Frank Beetson Jr. Wardrobe Master
- Louis Phillipi Makeup Artist
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