Blonde Dynamite is a 1950 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys.[1] The film was released on February 12, 1950 by Monogram Pictures and is the seventeenth film in the series.
| Blonde Dynamite | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Charles Marion |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell David Gorcey William Benedict |
| Cinematography | Marcel LePicard |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 66 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
editAfter Slip and Sach are thrown out on the street after unsuccessfully trying to get jobs as urbane male escorts, the enraged Slip vows to start his own escort agency.
Slip suggests that the hard working Louie take a vacation and hand over the responsibilities of the sweet shop to the boys. Louie reluctantly agrees and takes his wife to Coney Island. The boys turn his sweet shop into their escort service and give the place a makeover.
Meanwhile, Gabe, who works as a messenger for a bank, has gotten himself into trouble. He had $5,000 of the bank's money stolen from him by a scheming woman working with local gangsters who threaten to frame him for the theft unless he agrees to get the bank vault combination for them. He gives them the combination and the gangsters take over the sweet shop from Sach, who is minding it while Slip and the rest of the boys are out serving as escorts. Their goal is to dig from the sweet shop to the bank, and Sach allows them to after they convince him that they are government men looking for uranium. Eventually Slip, Louie, and the rest of the boys wind up back at the sweet shop and are pressed into service.
Gabe goes to the police to tell the whole story, and as soon as he does, the gangsters dig through the police station floor (which is situated behind the bank) and are captured. Louie is temporarily pleased as Sach did find uranium under his store, but in the end it is discovered that he only owns the land...not the mineral rights! He faints and a doctor tells him all he needs is a vacation to feel better!
Cast
editThe Bowery Boys
edit- Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- William Benedict as Whitmore 'Whitey'
- Buddy Gorman as Bartholemew 'Butch'
- David Gorcey as Cedric 'Chuck'
Remaining cast
edit- Adele Jergens as Joan Marshall
- Gabriel Dell as Gabe Moreno
- Harry Lewis as Champ
- Murray Alper as Dynamite
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Jody Gilbert as Sarah Dumbrowski
- John Harmon as Professor
- Michael Ross as Samson
- Lynn Davies as Verna
- Beverlee Crane as Bunny
- Karen Randle as Tracy
- Stanley Andrews as Mr. Jennings
- Florence Auer as Second Dowager
- Constance Purdy as First Dowager
Production
editBeginning with Blonde Dynamite, Buddy Gorman temporarily takes over for the role of 'Butch' in the absence of Bennie Bartlett.
Home media
editWarner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.
References
edit- ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.