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Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)

Movie"They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!"
Audience Score
64
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NR 1 hr 3 minMay 10th, 1947Crime, Comedy, MysteryThe Bowery Boys Collection PosterPart of The Bowery Boys Collection
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.
StarringLeo GorceyHuntz HallBetty Compson
DirectorWilliam Beaudine

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:May 10th, 1947
Original Language:English
Production Companies:Monogram Pictures
Movie Tags:
blackmailpsychicamateur detectivebowery boys

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!