The Bowery Boys

 

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SPOOK BUSTERS-1946-In the fourth installment of "The Bowery Boys" series, Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall) and the rest of the boys (Bobby Jordan,Bill Bendict and David Gorcey) are exterminators who get a job in a haunted house. They are joined by their old pal Gabe (Gabriel Dell) just out of the navy, and his fiance Minon (Tanis Chandler). The house is actually being used by mad doctor Coslow (Douglas Dumbrille), his assistant Stiles (Charles Middleton) and a muscle head (Richard Alexander).

 He also has a Dr. Bender (Maurice Cass) as his assistant/captive. Coslow must really be mad 'cos he wants to put part of Sach's brain into that of a gorilla. There's a slow-motion fight and the gorilla (Art Miles) gets loose. Bernard Gorcey is Louie. 

Producer Jan Grippo was Leo Gorcey's agent while they made the series at Monogram. Busy William Beaudine must have taken a vacation in 1946 because he only director 5 movies! (Although he may have worked on 3 more...)

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Crazy Caper Spoof

THE MANCHU EAGLE MURDER MYSTERY CAPER-1975-Malcolm (Gabriel Dell who co-wrote the screenplay), a chicken farmer turned private investigator gets involved with something called “The Manchu Eagle” after Oscar (Dick Gautier), his milkman is killed by a bow and arrow. Malcolm talks in over serious cliched dialogue in this obvious take off on THE MALTESE FALCON. He and his assistant (Sorrell Brooke) encounter dopey Big Daddy (Vincent Gardenia) who keeps his daughter Arlevia (Anjanette Comer from THE BABY) in hiding. He has a hypochondriac wife (Joyce Van Patten) and a pill popping doctor (Will Geer). To top it all off Jackie Coogan and Huntz Hall (Dell's ex-Bowery Boys-Dead End Kids comrade)  are cops! It's not very funny. 

Director Dean Hargrove was later an executive producer of TV shows (DIAGNOSIS: MURDER, McBRIDE, JANE DOE). 

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