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Bowery Blitzkrieg

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
626
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
85,740
20,956
Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall in Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
ComedyCrimeDrama
While a cop steers a kid street-fighter away from being a public nuisance, a petty hoodlum leads a studious kid into a life of crime.While a cop steers a kid street-fighter away from being a public nuisance, a petty hoodlum leads a studious kid into a life of crime.While a cop steers a kid street-fighter away from being a public nuisance, a petty hoodlum leads a studious kid into a life of crime.
IMDb RATING
6.0/10
626
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
85,740
20,956
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    • Director
      • Wallace Fox
    • Writers
      • Brendan Wood(original story)
      • Donn Mullahy(original story)
      • Sam Robins(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Leo Gorcey
      • Bobby Jordan
      • Huntz Hall
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Wallace Fox
    • Writers
      • Brendan Wood(original story)
      • Donn Mullahy(original story)
      • Sam Robins(screenplay)
    • Stars
      • Leo Gorcey
      • Bobby Jordan
      • Huntz Hall
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    • 12User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    Eddie Foster, Leo Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, and Bobby Jordan in Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
    Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Charlotte Henry, Warren Hull, and Bobby Jordan in Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
    Eddie Foster, Leo Gorcey, Warren Hull, and Bobby Jordan in Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
    Eddie Foster, David Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Donald Haines, Huntz Hall, Charlotte Henry, Warren Hull, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Jordan, and Bobby Stone in Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)

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    Leo Gorcey
    Leo Gorcey
    • Muggs McGinnis
    Bobby Jordan
    Bobby Jordan
    • Danny Breslin
    Huntz Hall
    Huntz Hall
    • Limpy
    Warren Hull
    Warren Hull
    • Tom Brady
    Charlotte Henry
    Charlotte Henry
    • Mary Breslin
    Keye Luke
    Keye Luke
    • Clancy
    • (as Key Luke)
    Bobby Stone
    • Monk Martin
    Donald Haines
    • Skinny
    Ernest Morrison
    Ernest Morrison
    • Scruno
    • (as Sunshine Sammy Morrison)
    David Gorcey
    David Gorcey
    • Peewee
    Martha Wentworth
    Martha Wentworth
    • Mrs. Brady
    Jack Mulhall
    Jack Mulhall
    • Officer Sherrill
    Eddie Foster
    • Slats Morrison
    Dennis Moore
    Dennis Moore
    • Dorgan
    Tony Carson
    • Dutch
    Pat Costello
    • Trainer
    Dick Ryan
    • Police Lieutenant
    Jack Carr
    • George - Truck Driver
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Wallace Fox
    • Writers
      • Brendan Wood(original story)
      • Donn Mullahy(original story)
      • Sam Robins(screenplay)
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    • Trivia
      The failure of the original copyright holder to renew the film's copyright resulted in it falling into public domain, meaning that virtually anyone could duplicate and sell a VHS/DVD copy of the film. Therefore, many of the versions of this film available on the market are either severely (and usually badly) edited and/or of extremely poor quality, having been duped from second- or third-generation (or more) copies of the film.
    • Quotes

      Limpy: Don't fight any cops, Muggs. I t'ink dey got the law on their side.

    • Connections
      Edited into Terror in the Pharaoh's Tomb (2007)
    • Soundtracks
      Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
      (1854)

      Written by Stephen Foster

      Sung a cappella by Huntz Hall with modified lyrics

    User reviews12

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    Top review
    6/10
    Fighting With Half A Tank
    This East Side Kids film from Monagram has a two track plot line with two estranged best friends Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan. Gorcey is training for the amateur Golden Gloves boxing tournament when he's offered a nice hefty bribe to tank it.

    As for Jordan he gets himself involved with a young punk played by Bobby Stone who commits a series of robberies until he's caught and Stone shoots Jordan after Jordan prevents him from shooting police officer Warren Hull who is both going out with Charlotte Henry who is Jordan's sister and Hull is also training Gorcey for his fight.

    Playing a very small role is trainer Pat Costello who had a more famous brother Lou Costello whom he occasionally doubled for as they had similar builds. Pat has a very nice scene where plays straight man to Huntz Hall trying to show him what a corner man does in the boxing game. Interesting to see a Costello as a straight man.

    The two estranged kids do come together in the end though I won't tell about the courageous, but almost costly decision Gorcey makes involving Jordan.

    Note the title, Bowery Blitzkrieg. That German word was coming into the English language as an idiom for a lightning attack that the opponent has no time to defend against be it in war or in the ring.

    It's a Monagram Picture so don't expect too much production values, but Bowery Blitzkrieg does have a nice sentimental story in it if your taste runs in that direction.
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    • Jun 25, 2011

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    • Release date
      • August 1, 1941 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Stand and Deliver
    • Production company
      • Sam Katzman Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 2 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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