Block Busters

Block Busters
Directed by	Wallace Fox
Produced by	Jack Dietz (producer) Sam Katzman (producer) Barney A. Sarecky (associate producer)
Written by	Houston Branch (writer)
Starring	See below
Cinematography	Marcel Le Picard
Editing by	Carl Pierson
Studio	Monogram Pictures
Release date(s)	1944
Running time	60 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Block Busters is a 1944 American film directed by Wallace Fox.

Plot

Jean, a wealthy French kid, moves into the neighborhood. Muggs and the rest of the East Side Kids are reluctant to have a kid like Jean in town. Jean's nanny moved Jean into the neighborhood so that he could learn to be a normal kid. She enlists Muggs and his pals to teach Jean American games, and eventually invite him onto their baseball team. Muggs is happy at first, but later decides to kick Jean off the team, as he appears to be showing off too much. Jean's nanny talks some sense into Muggs and the kids, telling them that Jean just wants to be like them.

Production

This was one of the few East Side Kids movies in which Gabriel Dell plays a member of the gang, and where Billy Benedict plays a different character.

Bill Chaney's only film as an East Side Kid.

Harry Langdon's last movie released during his lifetime.

Cast

The East Side Kids:

• Leo Gorcey - Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis
• Huntz Hall - Glimpy
• Gabriel Dell - Skinny (a.k.a. Pinky)
• Jimmy Strand - Danny
• Bill Chaney - Tobey

Additional Cast:

• Billy Benedict - Butch
• Fred Pressel - Jean
• Roberta Smith - Jinx
• Noah Beery - Judge
• Harry Langdon - Higgins
• Minerva Urecal - Amelia Rogiet
• Jack Gilman - Batter
• Kay Marvis - Irma
• Tom Herbert - Meyer
• Bernard Gorcey - Lippman
• Charles Murray Jr. - Umpire
• The Ashburns - Themselves (uncredited)
• Jimmy Noone - Himself (uncredited)
• Robert F. Hill - Doctor (uncredited)

External links

• Block Busters at the Internet Movie Database