Jail Busters

"YARD-BOIDS in a GILDED CAGE!"

1955 1h 1m EN

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6.7

SOLID

★6.7TMDB · 3

Comedy

Synopsis

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Slip and Sach go to prison to help a reporter with a story.

“YARD-BOIDS in a GILDED CAGE!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach Jones
Benny Bartlett
Butch Williams
Percy Helton
Warden B.W. Oswald
Barton MacLane
Captain Jenkins
Anthony Caruso
Percival P. Lannigan
Lyle Talbot
Cy Bowman
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Edward Bernds, Elwood Ullman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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71 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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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Benny Bartlett carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "YARD-BOIDS in a GILDED CAGE!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0048222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Beaudine directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 61-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
271 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Benny Bartlett carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "YARD-BOIDS in a GILDED CAGE!".
7IMDB entry: tt0048222 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 3 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 61 min · 1h 1m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Jail Busters (1955)

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!