Hard Boiled Mahoney
| Hard Boiled Mahoney | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Cy Endfield |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan William Benedict Gabriel Dell |
| Cinematography | James S. Brown Jr. |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Hard Boiled Mahoney is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys alongside Teala Loring and Betty Compson.[1] It is the sixth film in the series produced by Monogram Pictures.
Plot[edit]
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.
The only clue they have is the spiritualist Dr. Carter. They track him down, only to see him being murdered. Slip is knocked unconscious and when he wakes a woman is there calling the police. Slip identifies her as the other woman's sister, but she denies it. After asking questions, Slip believes the woman is not the other one's sister and they assist each other in escaping the police and make plans to meet up later.
Slip and Sach then go to see the fortune teller Armand and find out that the two women aren't related, they both just want to get back incriminating letters that Armand has that he uses to blackmail them. Eventually the good and bad guys meet up at Louie's Sweet Shop and a fight takes place. As soon as it ends, Louie's waitress, Alice, arrives with the police and takes away Armand and his gang. The boys then all take turns hitting Slip on the head with their hats after they discover that he used the entire $50 trying to get the information to solve the mystery.
Cast[edit]
The Bowery Boys[edit]
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Sach
- Bobby Jordan as Bobby
- Gabriel Dell as Gabe
- Billy Benedict as Whitey
- David Gorcey as Chuck
Remaining cast[edit]
- Betty Compson as Salina Webster
- Teala Loring as Eleanor
- Dan Seymour as Dr. Armand
- Byron Foulger as Prof. Quizard
- Patti Brill as Alice
- Pierre Watkin as Dr. Rolfe Carter
- Danny Beck as Lennie the Meatball
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Carmen D'Antonio as Receptionist
- Noble Johnson as Hasson
- William Ruhl as McGregor
Production[edit]
This is the only Bowery Boys film in which Gabe (Gabriel Dell) is part of the team, in every other film he is a protagonist or former team member.[2] In this film, he reprises his character of "Talman" (a.k.a. "Pete") that he portrayed in the East Side Kids final film, Come Out Fighting.
Home media[edit]
Released on VHS by Warner Brothers on September 1, 1998.
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013.
References[edit]
- ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
- ^ Getz, Leonard (2006). From Broadway to the Bowery. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
