Fighting Fools
| Fighting Fools | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Reginald LeBorg |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Written by | Gerald Schnitzer Bert Lawrence Edmond Seward |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell David Gorcey |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | Dave Milton |
| Editing by | William Austin |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
| Release date(s) | April 17, 1949 (U.S. Release) |
| Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Fighting Fools is a 1949 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on April 17, 1949 by Monogram Pictures and is the thirteenth film in the series.
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[edit] Plot
The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During a crooked match Jimmy is killed. The boys seek out his older brother, Johnny, a former boxer who gave up the sport rather than go crooked, and help train him to get back in the ring. They try to get him a shot at the title, and when they do the same crooked gangsters that were behind Jimmy's death try to get Johnny to take a dive. They kidnap his younger brother, Boomer, as insurance. Sach comes to the rescue and helps Boomer escape and when Johnny sees Boomer is okay, he knocks out the crooked boxer and wins the title.
[edit] Cast
[edit] The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- William Benedict as Whitey
- David Gorcey as Chuck
- Bennie Bartlett as Butch
[edit] Remaining cast
- Gabriel Dell as Gabe Moreno
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Frankie Darro as Johnny Higgins
- Lyle Talbot as Blinky Harris
- Teddy Infuhr as Boomer Higgins
