Fighting Trouble (1956)

"Sach" has become a camera fiend so, in the pursuit of some ready cash, "Duke" takes him and his photographs to the editor of the New York Morning Blade, Mr. Ray Vance. He hires them to get... See full summary »

Director:

George Blair

Writer:

Elwood Ullman (original screenplay)

Stars:

Huntz Hall, Stanley Clements, Adele Jergens

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Huntz Hall	...	Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Stanley Clements	...	Stanislaus 'Duke' Covelske
Adele Jergens	...	Mae Randle
Queenie Smith	...	Miss Kate Kelly
Thomas Browne Henry	...	Frankie Arbo (as Thomas B. Henry)
Tim Ryan	...	Ray Vance
Joe Downing	...	Handsome Hal Lomax (as Joseph Downing)
Laurie Mitchell	...	Dolly Tate
David Gorcey	...	Chuck (as David Condon)

Storyline

"Sach" has become a camera fiend so, in the pursuit of some ready cash, "Duke" takes him and his photographs to the editor of the New York Morning Blade, Mr. Ray Vance. He hires them to get some photos of gangland boss Frankie Arbo but Mr. Arbo does not care to have his picture in the papers and dislikes cameramen for the same reason. "Sach" and "Duke" pose as interior decorators in the penthouse of Mae Randall in order to get photos of Arbo. Later, at Arbo's night club, the boys learn that the gangster is importing a tough hoodlum from Chicago. "Sach" and "Duke" lure the visiting gunman, Handsome Hal Lomax to Mrs. Kelly's boardinghouse and trick him into staying there through false police calls. "Sach" masquerades as Handsome Hal and gets away with it, and he and "Duke" manage to get into Arbo's inner office with the Boss and his henchmen, and the boys are cut into the gang's racket, which is counterfeit money. Then Handsome Hal shows up and things are getting dicey for the boys ...

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Plot Keywords:

gangster | camera | newspaper | disguise | nightclub | 

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Taglines:

Jeepers Creepers What a PEEPER!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Comedy | Crime

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

16 September 1956 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Allied Artists Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

61 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The forty-second of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies.

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Connections

Follows No Holds Barred (1952)

User Reviews

Not many laughs to be had

Even Huntz Hall seems to be tiring of the schtick in this post-Leo Gorcey Bowery Boys entry. It's the usual stuff only with fewer laughs, and without the Gorcey's (bar David, still filling his familiar role of Chuck) Huntz looked pretty bored.