Lucky Losers

"THE CARDS ARE STACKED...WITH LAUGHS!"

1950 1h 10m EN

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6.6

SOLID

★6.6TMDB · 6

Comedy

Synopsis

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Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it. Slip comes to the conclusion that the club had something to do with his boss' death and sets out to find his murderer. The boys get jobs at the club and Louie poses as a rich cattlemen as they gather the information to convict the murderers.

“THE CARDS ARE STACKED...WITH LAUGHS!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach Jones
Hillary Brooke
'Countess' Margo
Gabriel Dell
Gabe Moreno
Lyle Talbot
Bruce McDermott
Bernard Gorcey
Louie
William Benedict
Whitey
Joe Turkel
Johnny Angelo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Charles R. Marion
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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76 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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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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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 Hillary Brooke carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "THE CARDS ARE STACKED...WITH LAUGHS!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0042693 — 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 70-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
276 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 Hillary Brooke carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "THE CARDS ARE STACKED...WITH LAUGHS!".
8IMDB entry: tt0042693 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Marcel Le Picard
Editing: William Austin
Runtime: 70 min · 1h 10m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Lucky Losers (1950)

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!