Lucky Losers
THE CARDS ARE STACKED...WITH LAUGHS!
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
70 min
Release Date
1950-05-14
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
5.8
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
Harry Tyler
Wellington Jefferson 'Buffer' McGee
Buddy Gorman
Butch
David Gorcey
Chuck
Harry Cheshire
John Martin
Frank Jenks
Bartender
Douglas Evans
Tom Whitney
Wendy Waldron
Carol Thurston
Glen Vernon
Andrew Stone III
Chester Clute
Conventioneer
Selmer Jackson
David Thurston
6.0
Here Come the Marines
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and he is promoted. During a drill that he is putting the rest of the gang through, they find a soldier left for dead on the side of the road. Slip discovers a playing card next to the marine and traces it to Jolly Joe Johnson's gambling house. They suspect that the gambling house is cheating and set out to uncover the proof.
1952-06-29 | en
6.1
Bowery to Bagdad
The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.
1955-01-07 | en
6.0
Bowery Bombshell
Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) 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 (Bernard Gorcey) Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith (Teala Loring) 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.
1946-07-20 | en
6.5
Bowery Buckaroos
The Bowery Boys head west to clear Louie of an old murder charge that he had killed his gold-mine partner. Sach has the map to the gold mine painted on his back, and Blackjack McCoy has him kidnapped by Indian Joe. Gabe poses as a dangerous gunman, the Klondike Kid, while Slip is in charge of all the remaining loose ends.
1947-11-22 | en
5.2
The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
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
1954-06-06 | en
4.0
Angels' Alley
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.
1948-03-07 | en
4.8
Spook Busters
The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Meeting up with pal Gabe and his new French bride, the boys are tormented by mad scientists who try to convince them the place is haunted and then kidnap Sach in order to place his brain inside a gorilla.
1946-08-24 | en
6.7
Mr. Hex
Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.
1946-11-09 | en
4.7
Jinx Money
A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.
1948-06-27 | en
6.3
News Hounds
Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.
1947-08-13 | en
5.1
Loose in London
The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.
1953-05-24 | en
6.7
Ghost Chasers
A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.
1951-04-29 | en
5.5
Up In Smoke
The Bowery Boys: In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to the devil.
1957-12-22 | en
4.6
Jalopy
Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist acquaintance, comes up with a chemical concoction that acts as a super-fuel; but a rival entrant in the race learns of this and tries to get the formula for himself.
1953-02-15 | en
4.0
Paris Playboys
Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.
1954-03-07 | en
6.0
Hold That Line
The Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college by a pair of rich snobs who think they can turn the Boys into classy guys. Sach becomes a football star, and is kidnapped by gangsters to keep him out of the big game.
1952-03-23 | en
7.0
Let's Go Navy!
The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.
1951-07-29 | en
5.5
Live Wires
Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.
1946-01-12 | en
2.7
Dig That Uranium
The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthless. However, the local badmen are distrustful of these new strangers, and when they mistakenly get the impression that the mine is loaded with uranium, they hatch a scheme to get rid of the boys and take over the mine.
1955-12-25 | en
5.8
Master Minds
When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip tries to make some money off of Sach by using him as a fortune teller in a carnival, until a mad scientist kidnaps Sach to use him in an intelligence-switching experiment with a monster.
1949-11-27 | en