Bowery Bombshell
1946 film by Phil Karlson
- July 20, 1946 (1946-07-20) (U.S.)
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Bowery Bombshell is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Phil Karlson and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys.[1] It is the third film in the series and was distributed by Monogram Pictures.
Plot
Sweet Shop owner Louie needs to raise $300. The Boys try to sell their jalopy to raise the money, but are unable to because the car falls apart when they try to show it to a prospective buyer. They decide to go to the bank and take a loan out on it, but just as they arrive the bank is robbed. The robbers bump into them and drop the bag full of the stolen money. As Sach picks up the bag to return it to the robber, Cathy, a photographer, takes his photo.
After trying unsuccessfully to get the photo back, it winds up on the front page of the newspaper and Sach becomes a wanted criminal. Slip pretends to be a notorious gangster, Midge Casalotti, in order to get the stolen money back and to clear Sach's name. In the end, Sach is cleared and the gangsters, led by Ace Deuce, are apprehended.
The film ends in an explosion, where a spare tire with the words, "Dead End" on it falls around the necks of Sach and Slip.
Cast
The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Sach
- Bobby Jordan as Bobby
- William Benedict as Whitey
- David Gorcey as Chuck
Remaining cast
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Teala Loring as Cathy Smith
- Sheldon Leonard as Ace Deuce
- Wee Willie Davis as Moose
- James Burke as Officer O'Malley
- William Ruhl as Biff
- Lester Dorr as Feather Fingers
- Milton Parsons as Prof. Schnackenberger
Notes
First Bowery Boys film with former East Side Kid Buddy Gorman. He only has a small cameo as 'Bud' (the newsboy), but would become a regular member of the gang beginning with the film Blonde Dynamite.
Home media
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.
References
- ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
External links
- Bowery Bombshell at IMDb
- Bowery Bombshell at AllMovie
- Bowery Bombshell at the TCM Movie Database
- Bowery Bombshell at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
| Preceded by In Fast Company 1946 | 'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 | Succeeded by Spook Busters 1946 |
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