Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Trouble Makers 1948


      Bowery Boys Terrance Aloysius ‘Slip’ Mahoney and Horace Debussy ‘Sach’ Jones are hawking being able to look through a large telescope on the sidewalk.  They see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel and it’s several blocks away.  Slip and Sach and their Police Officer friend Gabe Moreno search the murder room and they don’t find any evidence of a murder.  They learn “Silky” Thomas occupies the room.  Gabe receives a reprimand from Police Captain Madison for leaving his beat.  Later, in the newspaper there is an article about the murder of Professor Prescott.  Slip and Sach go to the morgue to make sure this is the same murder victim.  They meet the professor’s daughter, Ann Prescott.  They promise to find her father’s killers.  Because of Ann, Slip and Sach get jobs as bellhops at the hotel to further investigate.
     This is the first film I've watched with the Bowery Boys and I had never heard of them before?  Almost everyone has a nickname in this film.  Slip is always mixing up his words on purpose especially if they are long words.  For example, instead of saying it was his imagination, he will say imaginatation?  Everyone is standing up straight in a lineup for inspection of the bellhops for uniforms and posture.  Slip is the only one not standing straight but he has his shoulders sagging forward and it looks like his uniform is too big?  3 ½* (I liked this movie)
66 min, Comedy directed by Reginald Le Borg with Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell, Frankie Darro, Lionel Stander, John Ridgely, Helen Parrish, Fritz Feld, William Benedict, David Gorcey, Cliff Clark.
Note:  Imdb 7.2 out of 10, TV Guide 2* out of 4*, TCM Leonard Maltin 2* out of 4* average user rating 3.3* out of 5*.
Special Note:  This is the 12th movie in a series of 48 Bowery Boys movies.  There is a mistake when the vice squad raids a supposed Flower Shop.  A bunch of suspects file out into a paddy wagon.  The open door reveal there’s no roof inside because the whole block is a false-front movie set.

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