1951 Monogram
Let's Go Navy! is a 1951 comedy film starring the Bowery Boys, the 23rd film in the series. The film was released on July 29, 1951 by Monogram Pictures.
PLOT:
A local charity has raised $1,600 and entrusted the boys with it. The boys are robbed of the cash by two men dressed as sailors. Believing them to be real sailors, the boys enlist in the Navy under fake names to find the culprits. They spend a year at sea but cannot locate the thieves. However, Sach wins $2,000 gambling and the boys return to the Bowery. They are robbed by the same two men, but with the assistance of their Navy pal Mervin Longnecker, they capture the crooks. They return to the Navy office to receive their commendations but are mistakenly reenlisted.
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:
Allen Jenkins as Chief Petty Officer Mervin Longnecker
Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
Paul Harvey as Lieutenant Commander O. Tannen
PRODUCTION:
Let's Go Navy! is the final Bowery Boys film to feature Buddy Gorman; beginning with the next film in the series, Bennie Bartlett rejoined the group. It is also the last film produced by Jan Grippo, who left the series after his wife died.[1]
The script was written by Leonard Stern under the pseudonym Max Adams. After cowriting Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town with Martin Ragaway, Stern wanted write a feature on his own. He adopted the pseudonym because he "wasn't particularly proud of doing a Bowery Boy [film]".
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LET'S GO NAVY!
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