List of the best Leo Gorcey movies: Angels in Disguise(1949), Master Minds(1949), No Holds Barred(1952), Spook Busters(1946), Ghosts on the Loose(1943), That Gang of Mine(1940), Spooks Run Wild(1941), Mr. Wise Guy(1942), Born to Sing(1942), Midnight Manhunt(1945), Maisie Gets Her Man(1942), So This Is New York(1948) ... ...
Comedy
USA
1949
63 Minutes
Slip Mahoney
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Mickey Knox Edward Ryan Richard Benedict William Benedict David Gorcey Joe Turkel Pepe Hern
copy boy police officer friend crime boss mobster bank robber lighthearted suspenseful bank police station newsroom candy store new york city bowery investigation undercover operations organized crime bank heist deception pursuit
The Bowery Boys investigate a murder, and all the evidence points to the involvement of the notorious Loop gang.
Comedy
USA
1949
64 Minutes
Slip Mahoney
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell Glenn Strange Alan Napier Jane Adams William Yetter
hoodlum mad scientist henchman monster storekeeper friend lighthearted madcap new york city laboratory candy store sideshow bowery psychic phenomena kidnapping experiments monsters rescue quest 1940s
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... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1952
65 Minutes
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Marjorie Reynolds Leonard Penn Bernard Gorcey Henry Kulky David Gorcey Bennie Bartlett
Sach acquires super strenth through a magic spell, which the boys attempt to cash in on by turning him into a professional wrestler.
Comedy
USA
1946
68 Minutes
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Douglas Dumbrille Bobby Jordan Gabriel Dell William Benedict David Gorcey Tanis Chandler Maurice Cass
exterminator friend young man wife mad scientist doctor madcap campy school mansion graveyard secret passageway living room new york city haunted houses science gone awry friendship gangs grave robbing extermination
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. ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1943
64 Minutes
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan Bela Lugosi Ava Gardner Rick Vallin Sammy Morrison William Benedict Minerva Urecal Wheeler Oakman
gang leader sister fiancé friend spy engineer madcap playful new york city church house secret passageway road gangs haunted houses friendship adolescence siblings wedding quest
The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.
Comedy
USA
1940
62 Minutes
Bobby Jordan Leo Gorcey Clarence Muse Dave O'Brien Joyce Bryant Sammy Morrison Milton Kibbee David Gorcey Hazel Keener
A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse. The man agrees to let the boy ride his horse... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1941
62 Minutes
Bela Lugosi Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Sammy Morrison Dave O'Brien Dorothy Short David Gorcey Denny Meadows Guy Wilkerson Angelo Rossitto
young man mysterious man nurse lawyer writer magician creepy amusing playful summer camp mansion woods cemetery secret passageway haunted house attempted murder mistaken identity friendship investigation suspicion
The boys are sent to a mountain camp. Stranded in a small rural town, they hear about a "monster killer" roaming the countryside. At night, they sneak out. Peewee is shot by a grave-digger,... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1942
70 Minutes
Peewee
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Joan Barclay Leo Gorcey Bobby Jordan Huntz Hall Billy Gilbert Warren Hymer Gabriel Dell Douglas Fowley David Gorcey Bobby Stone
Mr. Wise Guy (the eighth in the East Side Kids series) finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins (Douglas Fowley), ... See full summary »
Musical
USA
1942
82 Minutes
"Snap" Collins
Virginia Weidler Ray McDonald Leo Gorcey Douglas McPhail Rags Ragland Sheldon Leonard Henry O'Neill Larry Nunn
Show promoter Cartwright has stolen the songs that Frank wrote while he was in the big house. The boys go to Cartwright to get Frank credit for his work, and Cartwright has them arrested ... See full summary »
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1945
63 Minutes
Clutch
William Gargan Ann Savage Leo Gorcey Don Beddoe Paul Hurst Charles Halton George Zucco George E. Stone
In a cheap hotel room in New York City Jelke shoots gangster Joe Wells, takes a package from his pocket and flees.Wells staggers into an alley. On her way to her apartment above a wax ... See full summary »
Comedy
1942
85 Minutes
Cecil
Ann Sothern Red Skelton Leo Gorcey Allen Jenkins Donald Meek Lloyd Corrigan Fritz Feld Walter Catlett Ben Welden Rags Ragland Frank Jenks
showgirl comedian supervisor building owner con artist fiancée lighthearted amusing cheery chicago apartment building coffee shop nightclub atlanta employment career change mix-up romance unlikely allies scams
Maisie (Ann Sothern) falls on hard times and works at several odd jobs before she meets aspiring comedian Hap (Red Skelton).
Comedy
1948
79 Minutes
Sid Mercer
Henry Morgan Rudy Vallee Bill Goodwin Hugh Herbert Leo Gorcey Virginia Grey Dona Drake Jerome Cowan
husband wife sister-in-law con artist clerk madcap witty charming new york city small town street inheritance con game family marriage city vs. country underdog discovery adventure 1910s
A financial windfall sends a man to the bright lights of New York on a search for a husband for his sister.
Crime, Drama
USA
1941
93 Minutes
Eddie
Ida Lupino John Garfield Thomas Mitchell Eddie Albert George Tobias Leo Gorcey John Qualen Aline MacMahon
tailor cook daughter gangster auctioneer dark melodramatic brooklyn, n.y. pier ocean courtroom friendship extortion organized crime father/daughter relationship marriage conspiracy rivalry temptation escape
A Brooklyn pier racketeer bullies boat-owners into paying protection money but two fed-up fishermen decide to eliminate the gangster themselves rather than complain to the police.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1940
71 Minutes
"Doc" Rearden
Jackie Cooper Bonita Granville Gene Reynolds Gail Patrick Ian Hunter June Preisser Leo Gorcey William Tracy Tommy Kelly Edward Ashley El Brendel
Two childhood friends have a falling out because of their fathers' occupations, which lands one father in jail.
Drama
USA
1937
95 Minutes
Clifford Cassidy
Joan Crawford Spencer Tracy Alan Curtis Ralph Morgan Mary Philips Oscar O'Shea Elisabeth Risdon Leo Gorcey George Chandler Bert Roach Marie Blake
showgirl husband tycoon best friend manager cheeky moving engaging brooklyn, n.y. apartment paris theater restaurant pier financial crisis marriage blackmail wealth divorce unemployment
Rags-to-riches Hennessey meets newlyweds Jessie and Eddie from his old neighborhood. Eddie plots to have Jessie divorce him, marry Hennessey, divorce Hennessey, then bring Hennessey's money... See full summary »
Musical, Comedy
USA
1941
92 Minutes
Bing Crosby Bob Hope Dorothy Lamour Una Merkel Eric Blore Iris Adrian Lionel Royce Buck Woods Leigh Whipper Ernest Whitman Noble Johnson
con artist circus performer best friend tycoon love interest charming lighthearted africa jungle resort swindling road trip circus love triangle friendship mining adventure quest love 1940s
Stranded in Africa, Chuck and his pal Fearless have comic versions of jungle adventures, featuring two attractive con-women.