Master Minds

"THE CHILLS WILL ELECTRIFY YOU When The Bowery Boys Meet The Monster."

1949 1h 4m EN

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 8

ComedyHorror

Synopsis

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When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip tries to make some money off of Sach by using him as a fortune teller in a carnival, until a mad scientist kidnaps Sach to use him in an intelligence-switching experiment with a monster.

“THE CHILLS WILL ELECTRIFY YOU When The Bowery Boys Meet The Monster.”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach
Gabriel Dell
Gabe Moreno
Alan Napier
Dr. Druzik
Jane Adams
Nancy Marlowe
William Benedict
Whitey
Bernard Gorcey
Louie
Glenn Strange
Atlas the Monster

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jean Yarbrough
Writers: Charles R. Marion, Charles R. Marion
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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77 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Jean Yarbrough, shot by Marcel Le Picard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "THE CHILLS WILL ELECTRIFY YOU When The Bowery Boys Meet The Monster.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0041644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Jean Yarbrough directs. Marcel Le Picard behind the camera. William Austin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 64-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
277 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Jean Yarbrough, shot by Marcel Le Picard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "THE CHILLS WILL ELECTRIFY YOU When The Bowery Boys Meet The Monster.".
8IMDB entry: tt0041644 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Marcel Le Picard
Editing: William Austin
Makeup / hair: Jack Pierce
Runtime: 64 min · 1h 4m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Master Minds (1949)

Part of

The Bowery Boys Collection

From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version. Personifying the grit and heart of the kid gangs sprouting up in city slums, these little wise guys quickly stole the nation's heart. Ably anchored by the central pair of Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey, the kids moved from "preachment" and crime pictures to straight up comedy as The Bowery Boys - and the rest is history as the boys capered through scores of pictures for over two decades!