1951 Monogram
Bowery Battalion is a 1951 comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the Bowery Boys. The film was released on January 24, 1951 by Monogram Pictures and is the 21st film in the series.
PLOT:
The military is performing a practice air raid on New York City. Sach convinces the boys that it is real and they visit the recruitment office to enlist. Slip learns of their mistake and tries to stop them, but he is too late, as they have already joined, and Slip is also tricked into enlisting.
Louie tries to enlist but is rejected as he is too old. He had fought in World War I and had invented a "hydrogen ray" that did not work as intended. However, the army is using the plans for the ray as a decoy to capture spies at the base to which the boys have been assigned. The army reinstates Louie to use him as bait for the spies. He is kidnapped by the spies who try to force him to divulge the secrets of the ray. The boys come to his rescue and are rewarded with medals for bravery but are sent to the brig for leaving their posts to rescue Louie.
THE BOWERY BOYS:
Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
William Benedict as Whitey
David Gorcey as Chuck
Buddy Gorman as Butch`
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Donald MacBride as Frisbie
Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
Emil Sitka as the waiter
PRODUCTION:
First of four "Bowery Boys" films where the gang joins a branch of the U.S. military. The other three are Let's Go Navy! (1951), Here Come the Marines (1952), and Clipped Wings (1953).
Slip gives the recruiter his street address as 714 Forsyth St. In the Bowery neighborhood of Manhattan there is a Forsyth St., but it ends in the 200 block at Houston St.
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BOWERY BATTALION
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