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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Boys of the City 1940 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The Ghost Creeps
Director: Joseph H. Lewis
Cast: Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Dave O'Brien, George Humbert, Hal E. Chester, Ernest Morrison, Frankie Burke, Donald Haines, Vince Barnett, Minerva Urecal, Eugene Francis
The East Side Kids, along with their friend Knuckles, head to a camp in the mountains when they pick up a judge and his ward who had car troubles. The judge is headed to his mansion in the mountains, and it turns out to be a creepy mansion at that. When the judge is murdered, the boys bungle their way into solving the crime.
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Clancy Street Boys 1943  N/R, 66 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Benny Bartlett, Noah Beery, Lita Ward, Rick Vallin, Martha Wentworth, J. Farrell MacDonald, Dick Chandlee, William "Billy" Benedict, Ernest Morrison
The East Side Kids are back in action when Muggs' (Leo Gorcy) rich uncle (Noah Beery) comes for a visit. The uncle has been told that Muggs' parents had seven children, so Muggs has his gang members act as his siblings to ensure that his mother will continue getting money from the uncle. But trouble brews when a rival gang member tells of the scheme.
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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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Ghosts on the Loose 1943 N/R, 64 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Bela Lugosi, Ava Gardner, Rick Vallin, Minerva Urecal, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict
The East Side Kids take on a Nazi gang (headed by Bela Lugosi) in this wartime film that depicts the mood in the country during World War II when Nazis threatened the world.
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Kid Dynamite 1943 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Queen of Broadway
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernest Morrison, Bobby Stone, Benny Bartlett, Pamela Blake, Gabriel Dell, Henry Hall, Charles Judels, Vince Barnett, Minerva Urecal
This patriotic story, set during World War II, is another in the "East Side Kids" series. East Side boxing champ Muggs McGinnis (Leo Gorcey) is challenged to a match by the West Side champ. As luck would have it, Muggs gets kidnapped before the fight, and his friend, Danny (Bobby Jordan), fills in and wins the fight. Muggs is sure Danny arranged the kidnapping, and this sets the scene for many clashes between wise-guy Muggs and nice-guy Danny.
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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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Neath Brooklyn Bridge 1942 N/R, 61 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Ernest Morrison, Ann Gillis, Noah Beery Jr., Marc Lawrence, Gabriel Dell, Stanley Clements, Bobby Stone, Jack Raymond, Betty Wells
The Bowery Boys are back in action when they hide Sylvia (Ann Gillis) after her guardian is killed by bar-owner Butch (Noah Beery Jr.). Now the boys are suspects in the murder, and it's up to them to prove Butch's guilt.
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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. Boys of the City (1940)
aka: The Ghost Creeps
3. Clancy Street Boys (1943)
4. Flying Wild (1941)
5. Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
6. Kid Dynamite (1943)
aka: Queen of Broadway
7. Let's Get Tough! (1942)
8. Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
9. Pride of the Bowery (1941)
aka: Here We Go Again
10. Smart Alecks (1942)
11. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
12. That Gang of Mine (1940)
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