1955 Allied Artists
Spy Chasers is a 1955 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on July 31, 1955 by Allied Artists and is the thirty-eighth film in the series.
PLOT:
Princess Ann of Truania arrives at Louie's Sweet Shop. She is the daughter of the exiled king and is looking for Louie, whose brother is a valuable assistance to the king back in Truania. They request the boys assistance to safeguard a half-coin for them. The other half will be delivered to them with a message when it is safe for the king to return to his country and regain control. The king's assistant, Colonel Baxis and Zelda, Ann's lady-in-waiting are traitors and are immediately distrusted by the boys. The traitor's intend to send a fake half-coin to the boys in order to get the king to return to his country too soon so that he can be arrested. Ann overhears the plot and is kidnapped. Eventually the boys rescue Ann and convince the king that his assistant is a traitor.
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
Leon Askin as Colonel Alex Baxis
Sig Ruman as King Rako of Truania
PRODUCTION:
Vienna born Leon Askin, a busy character actor, appears here as the King's aide. He played many roles over a long career but would become most well known a decade later as General Albert Burkhalter on the TV comedy Hogan's Heroes (1965).
The split coin that's used to identify the secret messenger is a cap-and-rays style Mexican silver peso, last issued in 1909.
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SPY CHASERS
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