Fighting Trouble

"THOSE COOL KIDS YOU LOVE get the goods on the town's hottest hoods...with their super-duper crime camera!"

1956 1h 1m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 4

CrimeAdventureComedyAction

Synopsis

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An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a picture of a mob boss.

“THOSE COOL KIDS YOU LOVE get the goods on the town's hottest hoods...with their super-duper crime camera!”

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Cast

Huntz Hall
Sach Jones
Stanley Clements
Duke Covelske
Adele Jergens
Mae Randle
Joe Downing
Hal Lomax
Queenie Smith
Miss Kate Kelly
Thomas Browne Henry
Frankie Arbo
Laurie Mitchell
Dolly Tate
David Gorcey
Chuck

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: George Blair
Writers: 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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ERA

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70 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CINEMA

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

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by George Blair, shot by Harry Neumann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Buddy Bregman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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CAST

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Huntz Hall and Stanley Clements and Adele Jergens carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

George Blair directs. Harry Neumann behind the camera. Buddy Bregman scores. William Austin cuts. 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.
270 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.
5Directed by George Blair, shot by Harry Neumann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Buddy Bregman. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Huntz Hall and Stanley Clements and Adele Jergens carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "THOSE COOL KIDS YOU LOVE get the goods on the town's hottest hoods...with their super-duper crime camera!".
10IMDB entry: tt0049208 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Original score: Buddy Bregman
Editing: William Austin
Runtime: 61 min · 1h 1m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Fighting Trouble (1956)

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!