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1944
1h 5m
Action
Drama
Crime

Status

Released

Release

1944

Runtime

1h 5m

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Storyline

"FOLLOW 'EM FOR FUN...and Thrills Aplenty While the Kids Put a Hoodoo on the Hoodlums!"

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.

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Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 5m
Jun 3, 1944
Languages
English
Director
William Beaudine
William Beaudine
Production
Banner Productions
Banner Productions
Production Countries
United States of America

Top Cast

15 Cast Members

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Muggs McGinnis

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Glimpy Freedhoff

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

W.W. "Fingers" Belmont

Joan Marsh

Joan Marsh

Milly McGinnis

Jack La Rue

Jack La Rue

Larry

Bryant Washburn

Bryant Washburn

Colonel

William Benedict

William Benedict

Spider O'Brien

David Durand

David Durand

Danny

Bobby Stone

Speed

Jimmy Strand

Dave

Buddy Gorman

Skinny Bogerty

Gene Austin

Gene Austin

Bernard Gorcey

Bernard Gorcey

Mary Gordon

Mary Gordon

Marie Windsor

Marie Windsor

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