Summary
Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find him dead.
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 47GoodWatch 49
IMDb5.3
Audience score40%
Running time
1 h 2 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 comedies, −38 min on the typical 100
typical 10062Half of all comedies run 91–111 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1942
May 29, 1942
84 years ago
Genres
ComedyDramaMysteryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Directing · 1
- Wallace Fox Director
Writing · 1
- Harvey Gates Screenplay
Production · 3
- Sam Katzman Producer
- Jack Dietz Producer
- Barney A. Sarecky Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Arthur Reed Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Robert Golden Editor
Art · 1
- Dave Milton Art Direction
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