Dig That Uranium
Dig That Uranium is a 1956 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. The film was released on January 8, 1956 by Allied Artists and is the fortieth film in the series.
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| Directed by | Edward Bernds |
| Produced by | Ben Schwalb |
| Written by | Bert Lawrence Elwood Ulman |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey Bernard Gorcey Bennie Bartlett |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | William Austin |
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| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
An old friend of the boys returns to town and tells them stories of getting rich out west. He proceeds to sell them a uranium mine and they head west. When they arrive, local thugs try to chase them off. When they find out the boys own a mine they decide to let them stay in town with the plans to follow them and take the mine from them. Eventually the boys defeat the thugs and find the uranium, only to discover that it is on an Indian reservation and doesn't belong to them.
Production
This film marks the last appearance in the series of Bennie Bartlett, who left, and Bernard Gorcey, who was killed in a car accident on September 11, 1955.[1]
Cast
The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- David Gorcey as Charles 'Chuck' Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
- Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams
Remaining cast
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Raymond Hatton as Hank 'Mac' McGinty
- Harry Lauter as Ron Haskell
- Mary Beth Hughes as Jeanette
- Carl Switzer as Shifty Robinson
Home media
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Three" on October 1, 2013.
See also
References
- Hayes, David and Brent Walker (1984). The Films of The Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel Press.
External links
| Preceded by Jail Busters 1955 |
'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 |
Succeeded by Crashing Las Vegas 1956 |