Jungle Gents

"They're GONE NATIVE...Real Gone!"

1954 1h 4m EN

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5.2

MID

★5.2TMDB · 4

Comedy

Synopsis

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When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys are induced by a diamond dealer to accompany him to Darkest Africa in search of a legendary cache of them.

“They're GONE NATIVE...Real Gone!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
'Sach' Jones
Patrick O'Moore
Alfie Grimshaw
Rudolph Anders
Dr. Goebbel
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
David Gorcey
Chuck
Benny Bartlett
Butch
Harry Cording
Henchman Shanks

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edward Bernds
Writers: Elwood Ullman, Edward Bernds
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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72 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

DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Patrick O'Moore carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They're GONE NATIVE...Real Gone!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0047138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Edward Bernds directs. Harry Neumann behind the camera. 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.
272 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 Edward Bernds, shot by Harry Neumann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Patrick O'Moore carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They're GONE NATIVE...Real Gone!".
8IMDB entry: tt0047138 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
10Classified under 24 themes, including "diamond", "africa", "expedition", "cave".

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Runtime: 64 min · 1h 4m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Jungle Gents (1954)

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!