1953 Allied Artists
Private Eyes is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on December 6, 1953, by Allied Artists and is the thirty-second film in the series.
PLOT:
Sach is punched in the nose by Herbie, a local kid who the boys know, and acquires the ability to read people's minds. Slip sees this as an opportunity to buy a detective agency, and their first client is a beautiful blonde who is trying to escape from her connections with mobsters. She leaves behind a stolen mink coat and an envelope that would incriminate the mobsters. The mobsters, trying to get the envelope back, kidnap Herbie in the hopes to persuade the boys to return the envelope. Slip and Sach, after being tipped off where Herbie is being held, go there in disguise. They foil the mobsters plans and rescue Herbie.
THE BOWERY BOYS:
Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
David Gorcey as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
Rudy Lee as Herbie
Joyce Holden as Myra
PRODUCTION:
The film was made under the working title of Bowery Bloodhounds.
When Slip asks Sach if he thinks the office is "Yucca Flats," he refers to a portion of the Nevada Test Site where nuclear weapons were tested frequently at the time of this film. Audiences of the time would be familiar with this location reference.
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