Private Eyes is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys.[1] The film was released on December 6, 1953, by Allied Artists and is the thirty-second film in the series.
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Directed by | Edward Bernds |
Written by | Elwood Ullman Edward Bernds |
Produced by | Ben Schwalb |
Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey Bernard Gorcey |
Cinematography | Carl Guthrie |
Edited by | Allan K. Wood |
Music by | Marlin Skiles |
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Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Plot
editSach is punched in the nose by Herbie, a local kid who the boys know, and acquires the ability to read people's minds. Slip sees this as an opportunity to buy a detective agency, and their first client is a beautiful blonde who is trying to escape from her connections with mobsters. She leaves behind a stolen mink coat and an envelope that would incriminate the mobsters. The mobsters, trying to get the envelope back, kidnap Herbie in the hopes to persuade the boys to return the envelope. Slip and Sach, after being tipped off where Herbie is being held, go there in disguise. They foil the mobsters plans and rescue Herbie.
Cast
editThe Bowery Boys
edit- Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones
- David Gorcey as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
- Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams
Remaining cast
edit- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Rudy Lee as Herbie
- Joyce Holden as Myra
- Robert Osterloh as Professor Damon
- Chick Chandler as Eddie the Detective
- Emil Sitka as the patient in the wheelchair
- Tim Ryan as Andy the Cop
Production
editThe film was made under the working title of Bowery Bloodhounds.[2]
Home media
editWarner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013.
References
edit- ^ Hayes, David (1984). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
- ^ Getz, Leonard (2006). From Broadway to the Bowery. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
External links
edit- Private Eyes at IMDb
- Private Eyes at AllMovie
- Private Eyes at the TCM Movie Database
- Private Eyes at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films