The Bowery Boys writers recycled themes regularly and this film was no exception; here it's a mind reading gimmick performed by Sach (Huntz Hall). A few years earlier, Sach developed the power of predicting the future in "Master Minds", not exactly the same thing but close enough. Then in 1956 the same idea was put to use in "Crashing Las Vegas". In that one, Sach 'electrifies' his brain and comes up with the ability to see numbers swimming around inside his head, so his buddy Slip (Leo Gorcey) figures they ought to be able to cash in at the gaming tables in Sin City.
So with Sach 'wired for mental telegraphy' following an accidental punch in the nose in this flick, Slip decides to form the Eagle Eye Detective Agency to take advantage of this latest development. However in one of the most loosely written episodes in the pantheon of Bowery Boys films, plot elements seem to come an go at random because the mind reading angle really doesn't come into play too much as the story progresses.
Nor does the business with the stolen fur coat when sultry blonde Myra Hagen (Joyce Holden) shows up at Slip's office. OK, the bad guys are in the business of stealing furs, cutting them up, then dyeing and reselling them. Seemed like a lot of trouble to me, but then again, I'm not of a criminal mind. The cover used by the fur thieves involved the Rose Hill Health Farm as a front for their operation, again, a questionable idea given the circumstances.
One cool casting element in the picture was the inclusion of Myron Healey as one of the Rose Hill attendants who had a thing for Myra Hagen. Healey showed up in a whole slew of Western TV shows and movies, usually as a heavy, so seeing him here as a bit of a clueless nerd was a role I haven't seen him play before.
Another surprise this time also included something Slip said, and oddly, it wasn't one of his usual malapropisms. Referring to Sach's blowing up a safe to get at a letter that Myra Hagen left with them, he says "What do you think this is, Yucca Flat"? That location is one of the country's major nuclear test regions and often cited as the most nuclear-blasted area on the face of the Earth. So after thirty one Bowery Boys movies, we actually get a cerebral comment from Slip that makes sense! And wouldn't you know it, they only had to blow up the office to do it.
So with Sach 'wired for mental telegraphy' following an accidental punch in the nose in this flick, Slip decides to form the Eagle Eye Detective Agency to take advantage of this latest development. However in one of the most loosely written episodes in the pantheon of Bowery Boys films, plot elements seem to come an go at random because the mind reading angle really doesn't come into play too much as the story progresses.
Nor does the business with the stolen fur coat when sultry blonde Myra Hagen (Joyce Holden) shows up at Slip's office. OK, the bad guys are in the business of stealing furs, cutting them up, then dyeing and reselling them. Seemed like a lot of trouble to me, but then again, I'm not of a criminal mind. The cover used by the fur thieves involved the Rose Hill Health Farm as a front for their operation, again, a questionable idea given the circumstances.
One cool casting element in the picture was the inclusion of Myron Healey as one of the Rose Hill attendants who had a thing for Myra Hagen. Healey showed up in a whole slew of Western TV shows and movies, usually as a heavy, so seeing him here as a bit of a clueless nerd was a role I haven't seen him play before.
Another surprise this time also included something Slip said, and oddly, it wasn't one of his usual malapropisms. Referring to Sach's blowing up a safe to get at a letter that Myra Hagen left with them, he says "What do you think this is, Yucca Flat"? That location is one of the country's major nuclear test regions and often cited as the most nuclear-blasted area on the face of the Earth. So after thirty one Bowery Boys movies, we actually get a cerebral comment from Slip that makes sense! And wouldn't you know it, they only had to blow up the office to do it.