The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

"It's Monsterrific!"

1954 1h 5m EN

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5.4

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★5.4TMDB · 17

ComedyHorrorScience Fiction

Synopsis

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Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with a gorilla, a robot and a vampire

“It's Monsterrific!”

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Cast

Leo Gorcey
Slip Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Sach Jones
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowsky
Lloyd Corrigan
Anton Gravesend
Ellen Corby
Amelia Gravesend
John Dehner
Derek Gravesend
Laura Mason
Francine Gravesend
Paul Wexler
Grissom

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Edward Bernds
Writers: Elwood Ullman, Edward Bernds
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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72 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 Edward Bernds, shot by Harry Neumann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Marlin Skiles. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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 Bernard Gorcey carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Edward Bernds directs. Harry Neumann behind the camera. Marlin Skiles scores. 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.
272 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 Edward Bernds, shot by Harry Neumann. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Marlin Skiles. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor William Austin shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall and Bernard Gorcey carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "It's Monsterrific!".
10IMDB entry: tt0046802 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Only 17 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Harry Neumann
Original score: Marlin Skiles
Editing: William Austin
Makeup / hair: Edward Polo
Runtime: 65 min · 1h 5m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters (1954)

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!