Hard Boiled Mahoney

"They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!"

1947 1h 3m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 6

ComedyMysteryCrime

Synopsis

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Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.

“They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Betty Compson
Selena Webster
Gabriel Dell
Gabe
Teala Loring
Eleanor Williams
William Benedict
Whitey
Bobby Jordan
Bobby
David Gorcey
Chuck

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Cy Endfield
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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79 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 William Beaudine, shot by James S. Brown Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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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 Betty Compson carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

William Beaudine directs. James S. Brown Jr. 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 63-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
279 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 William Beaudine, shot by James S. Brown Jr.. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Betty Compson carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!".
9IMDB entry: tt0039447 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: James S. Brown Jr.
Editing: William Austin
Runtime: 63 min · 1h 3m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)

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!