Smuggler's Cove

"They're SLY SPIES...In a Harum-Scarem Adventure!!"

1948 1h 6m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 4

ComedyAction

Synopsis

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Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when a messenger hears them use Slip's given name, Terrance Mahoney. The messenger has a letter for "Terrance Mahonoey, Esq." and mistakenly delivers it to Slip. The letter informs Slip that he has inherited a mansion in Long Island. The boys then make their way to the mansion and find that it is inhabited by diamond smugglers. The real owner of the house shows up and helps save the day and defeat the smugglers and gives the boys the house as a reward.

“They're SLY SPIES...In a Harum-Scarem Adventure!!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach Jones
Gabriel Dell
Gabe Moreno
Martin Kosleck
Count Boris Petrov
Paul Harvey
Terrence Mahoney
Amelita Ward
Teresa Mahoney
William Benedict
Whitey
David Gorcey
Chuck

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Talbert Josselyn, Tim Ryan, Edmond Seward
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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78 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

DIRECTOR

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Directed by William Beaudine, shot by Marcel Le Picard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

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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6 / 8

CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They're SLY SPIES...In a Harum-Scarem Adventure!!".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0040805 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Beaudine directs. Marcel Le Picard behind the camera. William Austin cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 66-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
278 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by William Beaudine, shot by Marcel Le Picard. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "They're SLY SPIES...In a Harum-Scarem Adventure!!".
8IMDB entry: tt0040805 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Marcel Le Picard
Editing: William Austin
Runtime: 66 min · 1h 6m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Smuggler's Cove (1948)

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!