Trouble Makers

"EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING...BUT LEO! He's on a merry-go-round with murder...ten stories above the ground!"

1948 1h 6m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 7

CrimeComedy

Synopsis

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Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at the El Royale Hotel.

“EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING...BUT LEO! He's on a merry-go-round with murder...ten stories above the ground!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach, also called 'Chopper' McGee
John Ridgely
'Silky' Thomas
Gabriel Dell
Police Officer Gabe Moreno
Helen Parrish
Ann Prescott
Fritz Feld
Mr. Andre Schmidtlap - Hotel Manager
Frankie Darro
Ben Feathers
Lionel Stander
'Hatchet' Moran

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Reginald Le Borg
Writers: Gerald Schnitzer, Gerald Schnitzer, 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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ERA

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78 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 Reginald Le Borg, 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 John Ridgely carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING...BUT LEO! He's on a merry-go-round with murder...ten stories above the ground!".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Reginald Le Borg 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.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Reginald Le Borg, shot by Marcel Le Picard. 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 John Ridgely carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "EVERYBODY'S LAUGHING...BUT LEO! He's on a merry-go-round with murder...ten stories above the ground!".
9IMDB entry: tt0040905 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 7 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Marcel Le Picard
Editing: William Austin
Makeup / hair: Web Overlander
Runtime: 66 min · 1h 6m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Trouble Makers (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!