Bowery Bombshell

"DID YOU EVER SEE AN ATOM BOMB WALKING!"

1946 1h 5m EN

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6.5

SOLID

★6.5TMDB · 4

Comedy

Synopsis

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Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith snaps a pictures of three bank robbers as they are fleeing a robbery but when the Bowery Boys and Cathy realize that Sach is also in the photograph, they break into the photo lab to destroy the negative, which might make the police think Sach was involved in the robbery.

“DID YOU EVER SEE AN ATOM BOMB WALKING!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Bobby Jordan
Bobby
William Benedict
Whitey
David Gorcey
Chuck
Teala Loring
Cathy Smith
Sheldon Leonard
Ace Deuce Baker
Daun Kennedy
Maizie (as Dawn Kennedy)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Phil Karlson
Writers: Edmond Seward, Victor Hammond
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Tight 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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80 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 Phil Karlson, shot by William A. Sickner. 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 Bobby Jordan carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "DID YOU EVER SEE AN ATOM BOMB WALKING!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0038378 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Phil Karlson directs. William A. Sickner 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 65-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Bowery Boys Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Phil Karlson, shot by William A. Sickner. 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 Bobby Jordan carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "DID YOU EVER SEE AN ATOM BOMB WALKING!".
8IMDB entry: tt0038378 — 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: William A. Sickner
Editing: William Austin
Makeup / hair: Harry Ross
Runtime: 65 min · 1h 5m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Bowery Bombshell (1946)

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!