Summary
Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 63GoodWatch 67
IMDb6.3
Running time
1 h 7 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −33 min on the typical 100
typical 10067Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Released
1950
August 13, 1950
76 years ago
Genre
ComedyLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
and 19 more25 people
- Leo GorceySlip Mahoney
- Huntz HallHorace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- G. Pat CollinsBat Armstrong
- ELEffie LairdMa Armstrong
- Bernard GorceyLouie Dumbrowsky
- William BenedictWhitey, Bowery Boy
- David GorceyBowery Boy #4, dark-haired
- BGBuddy GormanBowery Boy #5, slender
- Joseph CrehanWarden Burnside
- Richard BenedictSkeets O'Neil
Frank MarloweMa's Clean-shaven Henchman- EFEddie FosterMa's Henchman with Mustache
Gabriel DellGabriel 'Gabe' Moreno
Lyn ThomasShirley O'Brien, Gabe's Secretary
Eddie Gribbon'Hobo' Barton, convict
Paul DubovPretty Boy Gleason
Joe TurkelBenny the Blood (as Joseph Turkel)
George Chandler'Squirrely' Davis, convict
Jonathan HaleThe Judge
Edward GarganOfficer Murphy
William HaadeDialogue Cop Arresting the Boys
Harry StrangSolitary Confinement Guard
Lyle TalbotPrison Yard Guard
Stanley BlystoneCaptain of the Guards
Directing · 1
- Jean Yarbrough Director
Writing · 1
- Charles R. Marion Screenplay
Production · 1
- Jan Grippo Producer
Camera · 1
- Marcel Le Picard Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- William Austin Editor
Sound · 1
- Tom Lambert Sound
Art · 2
- Dave Milton Art Direction
- Raymond Boltz Jr. Set Decoration
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