The Bowery Boys go to prison... on purpose. What could possibly go wrong?
Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, whom they suspect are led by a convict who gives orders to his gang outside via a short-wave radio stashed somewhere in the prison.
Acting
Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall's volcanic chemistry — insult comedy as art form.
Direction
Jean Yarbrough crams 67 minutes with more dialogue than three modern blockbusters.
Practical Effects
Genuine prison location shooting adds surprising grit to the silliness.
Director
Jean Yarbrough
Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
G. Pat Collins
Bat Armstrong
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
William Benedict
Whitey, Bowery Boy
David Gorcey
Bowery Boy #4, dark-haired
Joseph Crehan
Warden Burnside
Richard Benedict
Skeets O'Neil
Frank Marlowe
Ma's Clean-shaven Henchman
Gabriel Dell
Gabriel 'Gabe' Moreno
Lyn Thomas
Shirley O'Brien, Gabe's Secretary
Eddie Gribbon
'Hobo' Barton, convict
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The Bowery Boys churned out 48 films from 1946-1958, making them one of Hollywood's most prolific comedy franchises — this was entry #25.
Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall started as Dead End Kids in 1937, spent 21 years playing variants of the same characters, and reportedly couldn't stand each other off-camera by this point.
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