News Hounds
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
68 min
Release Date
1947-08-13
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6
Leo Gorcey
Terence J. Montgomery 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Bobby Jordan
Bobby
Gabriel Dell
Gabe
William Benedict
Whitey (as Billy Benedict)
David Gorcey
Chuck
Christine McIntyre
Jane P. Connelly
Tim Ryan
John 'Bullfrog' Burke
Anthony Caruso
Dapper Dan Greco
Bill Kennedy
Mark Morgan
Ralph Dunn
'Dutch' Miller
Nita Bieber
Mame
John Hamilton
Timothy X. 'Big Tim' Donlin
Bernard Gorcey
Louie Dumbrowski
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