High Society

"What A BALL! What A BRAWL! Those half-baked lowbrows crash the upper crust!"

1955 1h 1m EN

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5.7

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★5.7TMDB · 3

Comedy

Synopsis

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Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his pal Slip, he arrives at the Jones mansion to review the legal papers needed for him to claim his new fortune. However, Sach and Slip discover that the rightful heir, the young Terwilliger III, is being cheated out of his inheritance by the miscreant duo of Stuyvesant Jones and Clarissa. Sach and Slip, with the help of their fellow Bowery Boys, save the day and restore the heir’s inheritance.

“What A BALL! What A BRAWL! Those half-baked lowbrows crash the upper crust!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach Jones
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
Amanda Blake
Clarissa Jones
David Gorcey
Chuck
Addison Richards
Sam Cosgrove
Paul Harvey
Henry Baldwin
Dave Barry
Palumbo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Jerome S. Gottler, Bert Lawrence, Elwood Ullman
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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Fun facts 🍿

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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 Bernard Gorcey carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "What A BALL! What A BRAWL! Those half-baked lowbrows crash the upper crust!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0048166 — 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 Bernard Gorcey carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "What A BALL! What A BRAWL! Those half-baked lowbrows crash the upper crust!".
7IMDB entry: tt0048166 — 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
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: High Society (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!