Live Wires
Directed byPhil Karlson
Written byDore Schary
Jeb Schary
Screenplay byJosef Mischel
Tim Ryan
Produced byJan Grippo
Lindsley Parsons
StarringLeo Gorcey
Huntz Hall
Bobby Jordan
William Benedict
CinematographyWilliam A. Sickner
Edited byFred Maguire
Music byEdward J. Kay
Distributed byMonogram Pictures
Release date
  • February 12, 1946 (1946-02-12)
Running time
64 minutes
LanguageEnglish

Live Wires is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys.[1] It is the first film in the series, which lasted until 1958 and included forty-eight films, after the comedy team of the East Side Kids was revamped and renamed The Bowery Boys.

The last entry in the series was In the Money, which was released by Allied Artists in 1958.[2]

Plot

Slip Mahoney has trouble keeping a job. Each one he finds leads to an altercation and he loses it, disappointing his sister whom he lives with. Eventually Sach helps him obtain a job with the District Attorney where he finds some success. Through a series of events, Slip and Sach help capture several notorious gangsters, including one that was about to flee the country with his sister.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Remaining cast

Notes

Gorcey's father, Bernard Gorcey, made his first appearance in the series, as a small-time bookmaker. It was not until the next film, In Fast Company where he takes on the role of Louie, the Sweet Shop owner. Louie's Sweet Shop is featured in this film however.

This was Frambes' only film as a Bowery Boy. He had previously played a rival gang member in the East Side Kids film Clancy Street Boys.

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.

References

  1. ^ Hayes, David and Brent Walker (1984). The Films of The Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.
  2. ^ "AFI|Catalog".

External links

Preceded byNone 'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 Succeeded byIn Fast Company1946


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