Live Wires
Live Wires is a 1946 film starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the first film in the series, which lasted until 1958 and included forty-eight films, after the comedy team of the East Side Kids was revamped and renamed The Bowery Boys.
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| Directed by | Phil Karlson |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo Lindsley Parsons |
| Written by | Dore Schary Jeb Schary |
| Screenplay by | Josef Mischel Tim Ryan |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan William Benedict |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | William Sickner |
| Edited by | Fred Maguire |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Language | English |
The last entry in the series was In the Money, which was released by Allied Artists in 1958.[1]
Plot
Slip Mahoney has trouble keeping a job. Each one he finds leads to an altercation and he loses it, disappointing his sister whom he lives with. Eventually Sach helps him obtain a job with the District Attorney where he finds some success. Through a series of events, Slip and Sach help capture several notorious gangsters, including one that was about to flee the country with his sister.
Cast
The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Sach
- Bobby Jordan as Bobby
- William Benedict as Whitey
- William Frambes as Homer
Remaining cast
- Pamela Blake as Mary Mahoney
- Claudia Drake as Jeannette
- Mike Mazurki as Patsy Clark
- Patti Brill as Mabel
- John Eldredge as Herbert L. 'Pigeon' Sayers
- Bernard Gorcey as Jack Kane
Notes
Gorcey's father, Bernard Gorcey, made his first appearance in the series, as a small-time bookmaker. It was not until the next film, In Fast Company where he takes on the role of Louie, the Sweet Shop owner. Louie's Sweet Shop is featured in this film however.
This was Frambes' only film as a Bowery Boy. He had previously played a rival gang member in the East Side Kids film Clancy Street Boys.
Home media
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.
External links
- Live Wires on IMDb
- Live Wires at AllMovie
- Live Wires at the TCM Movie Database
- Live Wires at the American Film Institute Catalog
| Preceded by None |
'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 |
Succeeded by In Fast Company 1946 |