Bowery Battalion

Bowery Battalion (1951)Cast and Crew

Movie"THEY'RE THE DAFFIEST DRAFTEES IN HISTORY!"

Cast

L
Leo Gorcey
as Slip Mahoney
H
Huntz Hall
as Sach Jones
B
Bernard Gorcey
as Louie Dumbrowsky
W
William Benedict
as Whitey
D
David Gorcey
as Chuck
B
Buddy Gorman
as Butch
D
Donald MacBride
as Herbert Frisbie
R
Russell Hicks
as Melvin Hatfield
V
Virginia Hewitt
as Marsha Davis
J
John Bleifer
as Decker
A
Al Eben
as Conroy
F
Frank Jenks
as Recruiting Sergeant
S
Selmer Jackson
as Col. Masters

Crew

W
William Beaudine
Director
C
Charles R. Marion
Screenplay
J
Jan Grippo
Producer
M
Marcel Le Picard
Director of Photography
B
Bert Lawrence
Dialogue
R
Raymond Boltz Jr.
Set Decoration
W
William A. Calihan Jr.
Assistant Director
E
Edward J. Kay
Music Director
I
Ilona Vas
Continuity
A
Allen K. Wood
Production Supervisor
W
William Austin
Editor
T
Tom Lambert
Sound Recordist
D
Dave Milton
Art Direction

The Bowery Boys Collection

From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version. Personifying the grit and heart of the kid gangs sprouting up in city slums, these little wise guys quickly stole the nation's heart. Ably anchored by the central pair of Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey, the kids moved from "preachment" and crime pictures to straight up comedy as The Bowery Boys - and the rest is history as the boys capered through scores of pictures for over two decades!