By 1953, the "Bowery Boys" series was beginning to drag. Its near-middle-aged stars, Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall, who had been with the series since DEAD END (1937), felt foolish playing the same juvenile delinquent characters. Gorcey and Hall pushed for a new producer, Ben Schwalb, and a new
director, William Beaudine, who had the cast play adults--or rather the befuddled parodies of adults to which the films' mainly youthful audience could relate. The new approach revitalized the series for five more years. In JALOPY, the boys are desperate for a way to bail a pal (Bernard Gorcey)
out of his financial troubles. Slip Mahoney (Leo Gorcey) decides to enter his junky c...
Released:
1953
Rated:
NR
Length:
62 mins