Angels' Alley

"TWO-FISTED DRAMA!"

1948 1h 6m EN

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★5.2TMDB · 6

DramaComedyCrime

Synopsis

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Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring.

“TWO-FISTED DRAMA!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Terence 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Satch' Jones
Nestor Paiva
Tony 'Piggy' Locarno
Frankie Darro
Cousin Jimmy
Gabriel Dell
Ricky Moreno
Rosemary La Planche
Daisy Harris
David Gorcey
Chuck
William Benedict
Whitey

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: William Beaudine
Writers: Tim Ryan, 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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CAST

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Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Nestor Paiva carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "TWO-FISTED DRAMA!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0040097 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 6 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 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.
4Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Nestor Paiva carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "TWO-FISTED DRAMA!".
6IMDB entry: tt0040097 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 66 min · 1h 6m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Angels' Alley (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!