The Angels Wash Their Faces 1939  N/R, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Frankie Thomas, Bonita Granville, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Hamilton, Marjorie Main, Henry O'Neill, John Ridgely, Minor Watson
In this sequel to "Angels with Dirty Faces," a young man (Frankie Thomas), who is already in trouble, looks for more when he joins the Dead End Kids.
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 Angels with Dirty Faces 1938  N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Curtiz
Cast: James Cagney, Pat O'Brien, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sheridan, George Bancroft, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Harry Hayden, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Joe Downing, Edward Pawley
Father Jerry (Pat O'Brien) tries to help his parish kids develop honest characters. He runs into problems when his childhood friend, Rocky (James Cagney), introduces the children into the criminal side of life. Both Cagney and Director Michael Curtiz were nominated for Oscars.
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Block-Heads 1938  N/R, 58 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John G. Blystone
Cast: Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Patricia Ellis, Minna Gombell, James Finlayson, Billy Gilbert, William Royle, Zeffie Tilbury, Huntz Hall, Harry Strang
World War I had ended years ago, but Stan Laurel was still sitting it out on the Western Front until Oliver Hardy found him and–mistakenly believing Laurel unable to walk as the result of war injuries–takes him home where the fun really begins.
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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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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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 Crime School 1938 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Billy Halop, Humphrey Bogart, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Gale Page, Charles Trowbridge, Milburn Stone, Harry Cording
This is the story of Warden Mark Braden's (Humphrey Bogart) attempts to rehabilitate the boys in his reform school.
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 Dead End 1937 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Marjorie Main, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan
New York's lower East Side is the setting for this insightful film about the escape from poverty through crime. This was the film debut of the Dead End Kids, which evolved into the East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys.
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The Escape Artist 1982  PG, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Caleb Deschanel
Cast: Raul Julia, Griffin O'Neal, Desi Arnaz, Teri Garr, Joan Hackett, Gabriel Dell, M. Emmet Walsh, Jackie Coogan, Huntz Hall, David Clennon, John P. Ryan, Elizabeth Daily, Hal Williams, Helen Page Camp, Harry Caesar
Based on David Wagoner's novel, this story involves young magician Danny Masters (Griffin O'Neal) who is always getting in trouble. Danny steals the wallet of Stu Quinones (Raul Julia) who just happens to be the son of corrupt Mayor Leon Quinones (Desi Arnaz). Danny finds that the wallet is filled with graft money, and this time, he finds himself in over his head and suffers the consequences.
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Follow the Leader 1944 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: East of the Bowery
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, David Durand, Buddy Gorman, Bobby Stone, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Jack La Rue, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mary Gordon
On leave from the Army, Muggs and Glimpy (Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall) find that one of their East Side Kids gang has wrongfully been jailed for a robbery. Suspicion falls on one of their new members, Spider (William "Billy" Benedict), who is killed by the bad guys. Now, Muggs and Glimpy take on the villains. One of the better "East Side Kids" entries
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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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Hell's Kitchen 1939 N/R, 82 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ewald Andre Dupont, Lewis Seiler
Cast: Margaret Lindsay, Ronald Reagan, Stanley Fields, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Grant Mitchell, Arthur Loft, Bernard Punsly, Frankie Burke
This remake of "The Mayor of Hell," is about ex-con Buck's (Stanley Fields) attempts to turn the Dead End Kids around and steer them in the right direction.
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Herbie Rides Again 1974 G, 88 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
Director: Robert Stevenson
Cast: Helen Hayes, Ken Berry, Stefanie Powers, John McIntire, Keenan Wynn, Huntz Hall, Dan Tobin, Vito Scotti, Raymond Bailey, Liam Dunn, Richard X. Slattery, Elaine Devry, Don Pedro Colley, Chuck McCann, Larry J. Blake
In this sequel to "The Love Bug," that daring Volkswagen, Herbie, comes to the rescue and saves the widowed Mrs. Steinmetz (Helen Hayes) and her niece Nicole (Stephanie Powers). The villain is Alonzo Hawk (Keenan Wynn), and he wants to build a skyscraper where Mrs. Steinmetz's house now stands. Hawk's nephew, Willoughby Whitfield (Ken Berry), falls in love with Nicole and provides legal aid in the fight against Hawk. Meanwhile, Herbie finds a different kind of aid when he leads all of the San Francisco Volkswagens in a battle against the bulldozers.
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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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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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Million Dollar Kid 1944 N/R, 65 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wallace Fox
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William "Billy" Benedict, Louise Currie, Noah Beery, Iris Adrian, Herbert Heys, Robert Greig, Johnny Duncan, Stanley Brown
The East Side Kids try to do their part in ridding the streets of hoods. In the process, they rescue a millionaire from muggers, one of whom was the rich man's son, Roy (Johnny Duncan). The Gang sets out to reform the son, but with little success, until Roy's brother is killed in the war. Now Roy tries to help the Gang, which puts him in jeopardy.
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Mr. Muggs Steps Out 1943 N/R, 63 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: William Beaudine
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, William "Billy" Benedict, Gabriel Dell, Bobby Stone, Buddy Gorman, David Durand, Jimmy Strand, Joan Marsh, Betty Blythe, Halliwell Hobbes, Eddie Gribbon
To avoid reform school, Muggs (Leo Gorcey) takes a job with wealthy socialite Margaret Murray (Betty Blythe). He brings in his East Side Kids to be servants for Margaret's spoiled daughter's engagement party. When a valuable necklace is stolen, the East Side Kids are blamed, and they set out to find the real thief.
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Mr. Wise Guy 1942 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: William Nigh
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, Huntz Hall, Billy Gilbert, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Douglas Fowley, Joan Barclay, Warren Hymer, Ann Doran, Gabriel Dell, Jack Mulhall, Bobby Stone
The East Side Kids are wrongly accused of stealing a truck and are summarily sent to reform school. Meanwhile, Bill (Douglas Fowley), the brother of Danny (Bobby Jordan), is falsely accused of and sentenced to death for a murder. The boys come up with the solution to the crimes–and just in time.
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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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Private Buckaroo 1942 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Edward F. Cline
Cast: The Andrews Sisters, Dick Foran, Joe E. Lewis, Jennifer Holt, Shemp Howard, Ernest Truex, Harry James, Mary Wickes, Donald O'Connor, Richard Davies, Peggy Ryan, Huntz Hall
During basic training, Army recruits visit the USO where they are entertained by the Andrews Sisters and bandleader Harry James.
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The Return of Dr. X 1939 N/R, 60 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Vincent Sherman
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Rosemary Lane, Wayne Morris, Dennis Morgan, John Litel, Huntz Hall, Lya Lys, Charles C. Wilson, Vera Lewis, John Ridgely
After Dr. Francis Flegg (John Litel) brings Dr. Marshall Quesne (Humphrey Bogart) back to life, an endless search for fresh blood becomes the doctors' quest.
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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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They Made Me a Criminal 1939 N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: John Garfield, Claude Rains, Gloria Dickson, Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, May Robson, Ann Sheridan, Billy Halop, Bobby Jordan, Ward Bond
After he thinks he has accidentally killed a man, a prizefighter (John Garfield) retreats to a children's home where he finds security.
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Valentino 1977 R, 132 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Russell
Cast: Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel, Peter Vaughan, Huntz Hall, David de Keyser, Alfred Marks, Anton Diffring, Jennie Linden, William Hootkins, Bill McKinney, Don Fellows
This biopic of famous sex idol Rudolph Valentino's (Rudolf Nureyev) life begins with his funeral, and then the story is told through flashbacks. Valentino started out as a dishwasher, then found employment as a dancer, and quickly rose to stardom. Along the way, Valentino serves time in prison before finding work in films. Valentino died in 1926 after a short life during which he became a national celebrity.
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A Walk in the Sun 1945 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lewis Milestone
Cast: Dana Andrews, Richard Conte, George Tyne, John Ireland, Lloyd Bridges, Sterling Holloway, Richard Benedict, Huntz Hall, Herbert Rudley, Norman Lloyd
This war film is superb in its examination of viewpoints of individual American soldiers as they prepare for a mission in Italy.
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Wonder Man 1945 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: H. Bruce Humberstone
Cast: Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Vera-Ellen, Donald Woods, S.Z. Sakall, Allen Jenkins, Edward Brophy, Steve Cochran, Otto Kruger, Huntz Hall, Eddie Acuff
Danny Kaye stars as two brothers: Buzzy is a nightclub entertainer who is murdered by gangsters and studious twin Edwin who is called on to help get the killers. The film won an Oscar for special effects and was nominated for the music.
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| 1. The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939)
2. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
3. Block-Heads (1938)
4. Bowery Blitzkrieg (1941)
aka: Stand and Deliver
5. Clancy Street Boys (1943)
6. Crime School (1938)
7. Dead End (1937)
8. The Escape Artist (1982)
9. Follow the Leader (1944)
aka: East of the Bowery
10. Ghosts on the Loose (1943)
aka: The East Side Kids Meet Bela Lugosi
11. Hell's Kitchen (1939)
12. Herbie Rides Again (1974)
13. Kid Dynamite (1943)
aka: Queen of Broadway
14. Let's Get Tough! (1942)
15. Little Tough Guy (1938)
16. Million Dollar Kid (1944)
17. Mr. Muggs Steps Out (1943)
18. Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
19. Neath Brooklyn Bridge (1942)
20. No Holds Barred (1952)
21. Private Buckaroo (1942)
22. The Return of Dr. X (1939)
23. Smart Alecks (1942)
24. Spooks Run Wild (1941)
25. They Made Me a Criminal (1939)
26. Valentino (1977)
27. A Walk in the Sun (1945)
28. Wonder Man (1945)
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