Paris Playboys (1954)

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.

Director:

William Beaudine

Writers:

Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman

Stars:

Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Leo Gorcey	...	Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall	...	Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones / Prof. Maurice Gaston Le Beau
Bernard Gorcey	...	Louie Dumbrowsky
Veola Vonn	...	Mimi Du Bois
Steven Geray	...	Dr. Gaspard
John Wengraf	...	Vidal (as John E. Wengraf)
Mari Lynn	...	Celeste Gambon (as Marianna Lynn)
David Gorcey	...	Chuck (as David Condon)
Benny Bartlett	...	Butch (as Bennie Bartlett)
Gordon B. Clarke	...	Jacques Gambon
Alphonse Martell	...	Pierre, Butler
Fritz Feld	...	Marcel, Maitre d'

Storyline

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.

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Plot Keywords:

bowery boys | mistaken identity

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Taglines:

A Zany Laff Spree IN GAY PAREE!

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 March 1954 (USA)

Also Known As:

Farristas de Paris

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allied Artists Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

62 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Trivia

The thirty-third of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.

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Connections

Followed by Crashing Las Vegas (1956)

User Reviews

The French Huntz Hall

United Nations dignitaries spot habitually hapless Huntz Hall (as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones) in the "Sweet Shop" and mistake him for a missing French scientist. Before you can say "Jacques Robinson," Mr. Hall is off to Paris with "Bowery Boys" leader Leo Gorcey (as Terrence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney) and father Bernard Gorcey (as Louie Dumbrowsky). Abroad, Hall poses as the amnesiac "Professor Maurice Gaston Le Beau" and gets to court busty fiancée Veola Vonn (as Mimi Du Bois). Oui, oui!

The elder Gorcey has a faulty memory, forgetting the gang's "Loose in London" (1953) trip by asserting Hall had never been out of the United States. Hall, now billed equally with Gorcey in the opening credits, continues to dominate the comedy; his "dual role" performance and the "special effects" give this entry its better moments. Regulars David Gorcey and Benny Bartlett are briefly glimpsed extras. "Paris Playboys" is otherwise routine. The next two 1954 films showed they could do better… and worse.

**** Paris Playboys (3/7/54) William Beaudine ~ Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey, Veola Vonn