Bowery Blitzkrieg 1941  N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Stand and Deliver
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Warren Hull, Charlotte Henry, Martha Wentworth, Bobby Stone, Keye Luke, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Jack Mulhall, Donald Haines
In this East Side Kids entry, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) is in the Golden Gloves boxing championship fight while gamblers plot to fix the outcome.
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Flying Wild 1941 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William West
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Joan Barclay, David Gorcey, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, Dave O'Brien, Eugene Francis, Herbert Rawlinson, George Pembroke, Dennis Moore
Mugs (Leo Gorcey) and the rest of the East Side Kids work at an airplane factory where they uncover a plot to steal secrets and provide them to enemy agents.
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Let's Get Tough! 1942 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Gabriel Dell, Tom Brown, Ernest Morrison, Florence Rice, Robert Armstrong, David Gorcey, Philip Ahn, Bobby Stone
This film, shot shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor, demonstrates the anti-Japanese sentiments of the country as the Bowery Boys uncover a Japanese plot to overthrow the U.S. government.
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Little Tough Guy 1938 N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold Young
Cast: Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, David Gorcey, Hal E. Chester, Helen Parrish, Robert Wilcox, Marjorie Main, Olin Howland, Jackie Searl, Peggy Stewart
When the father is wrongly convicted of murder, his son (Billy Halop) puts together a group of youngsters to form a gang, and a crime spree follows. The "Little Tough Guys" were formed from a group that had formerly been in "Dead End Kids" movies, and a series of films followed with the new group. .
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Pride of the Bowery 1941 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: Here We Go Again
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Donald Haines, Carleton Young, Bobby Stone, Mary Ainslee, Kenneth Howell, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Kenneth Harlan, Nick Stuart, Lloyd Ingraham
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) is training for a boxing tournament when Danny (Bobby Jordan) talks him into training at a camp, which turns out to be a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) camp where young men help in land reclamation for financial aid for their families. But Muggs alienates others in the camp and is falsely accused of stealing money. Intended to give assistance to the President Roosevelt's CCC, the film flopped–as did the CCC a year later.
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Smart Alecks 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Ernest Morrison, David Gorcey, Max "Slapsie Maxie" Rosenbloom, Gale Storm, Roger Pryor, Walter Woolf King
Muggs (Leo Gorcey) and gang need money for baseball uniforms, and when Danny (Bobby Jordan) receives a reward for helping capture Butch (Max 'Slapsie Maxie' Rosenbloom), the gang forces Danny to turn over the money, thinking Danny wants it all for himself. But when Danny is severely injured by the escaped Butch, the gang comes to his aid. A weak entry in the series.
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 Spooks Run Wild 1941  N/R, 69 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Phil Rosen
Cast: Bela Lugosi, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, David Gorcey, Ernest Morrison, Donald Haines, Dave O'Brien, George Pembroke, Angelo Rossitto, Dorothy Short, Dennis Moore, P.J. Kelly, Guy Wilkerson
While the East Side Kids are camping in the mountains, they hear that a monster-killer is on the loose. Muggsy (Leo Gorcey) suffers a gunshot wound, and the boys seek shelter in an old mansion, which happens to be owned by Nardo (Bela Lugosi). Later, the kids see Muggsy walking around in a trance and think that Nardo has turned him into a zombie. But, is Nardo a monster-killer, or is he simply a magician–only the horrors experienced within the walls of the old mansion will reveal the answer.
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That Gang of Mine 1940 N/R, 62 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Clarence Muse, Dave O'Brien, Joyce Bryant, Donald Haines, Milton Kibbee, Ernest Morrison, David Gorcey, Eugene Francis, Hazel Keener
The East Side Kids are back, and Muggs (Leo Gorcey) decides he wants to be a jockey. Despite ridicule from the other Kids, he persists, and the group finds a thoroughbred owned by a poor man (Clarence Muse). Now they must come up with the money for the entry fee. But, the benefactor will not put up the money unless a different jockey is in the saddle (since Muggs has proved to be a terrible jockey).
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| 1. Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
aka: Stand and Deliver
2. Flying Wild (1941)
3. Let's Get Tough! (1942)
4. Little Tough Guy (1938)
5. No Holds Barred (1952)
6. Prairie Moon (1938)
7. Pride of the Bowery (1941)
aka: Here We Go Again
8. Smart Alecks (1942)
9. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
10. That Gang of Mine (1940)
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