The Bowery Boys vs. physics: who needs logic when you've got lunacy?
Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist acquaintance, comes up with a chemical concoction that acts as a super-fuel; but a rival entrant in the race learns of this and tries to get the formula for himself.
Practical Effects
Charming junkyard car contraptions held together with hubris
Acting
Huntz Hall's bug-eyed reactions deserve their own study
Director
William Beaudine
Leo Gorcey
Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Satch' Jones
Robert Lowery
Skid Wilson
Jane Easton
Bobbie Lane
Leon Belasco
The Professor
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
David Gorcey
Chuck
Benny Bartlett
Butch
Richard Benedict
Tony, the driver
Murray Alper
Red, the mechanic
Mona Knox
Party Brunet, dancing with Slip
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
William Beaudine directed over 350 films and was legendary for shooting fast and cheap—he reportedly filmed this in under a week.
The Bowery Boys were the longest-running feature film series in Hollywood history, outlasting even the Blondie films with 48 entries from 1946-1958.
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