1951 Monogram
Crazy Over Horses is a 1951 comedy film starring the Bowery Boys. The film was released on November 18, 1951 by Monogram Pictures and is the 24th feature in the Bowery Boys series.
PLOT:
Louie is owed money by a stable owner and sends Slip and the boys to collect the debt. They return with a horse called My Girl as payment. Local gangsters want the horse and switch their horse, Tarzana, for My Girl. The boys discover the ruse and the horses are switched several more times. After the boys finally procure the real My Girl, Sach races her against Tarzana and several others, ending with a photo finish in which My Girl beats Tarzana by a tongue. The gangsters quickly try to leave town before their boss finds them.
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 (Credited as David Condon)
Bennie Bartlett as Butch
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
Tim Ryan as Mr. Flynn
Allen Jenkins as "Weepin' Willie"
PRODUCTION:
This was the first film for which David Gorcey was credited using his mother's maiden name of Condon. It also marks the return of Bennie Bartlett to the gang and William Benedict's final appearance in the series. Benedict said: "I suddenly decided I had enough, and it was getting a little rough doing 'em - emotionally. There was a lot of infighting going on and I said, 'I don't need this.'"
The first Bowery Boys film that used caricatures of Slip (Leo Gorcey) and Sach (Huntz Hall) in the opening credits.
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CRAZY OVER HORSES
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