Feudin' Fools

1952 1h 3m EN

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5.5

MID

★5.5TMDB · 4

Comedy

Synopsis

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Sach learns that he has inherited a farm in rural hillbilly country, and when he and the Boys arrive there, they find themselves mixed up with a hillbilly clan named Smith who'll shoot anybody named Jones, plus a gang of bank robbers.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Anne Kimbell
Ellie Mae Smith
Oliver Blake
Clem Smith
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
David Gorcey
(as David Condon) Butch, bowery boy
Benny Bartlett
Chuck, bowery boy
Paul Wexler
Luke Smith

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Bert Lawrence, Tim Ryan
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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74 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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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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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Anne Kimbell carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0044612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

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

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
274 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Anne Kimbell carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0044612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Classified under 12 themes, including "slapstick comedy", "bank robbery", "private detective", "bowery boys".

The technical file

Editing: William Austin
Runtime: 63 min · 1h 3m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Feudin' Fools (1952)

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!