Tough as They Come
Tough As They Come is a 1942 Universal film directed by William Nigh, and starring the Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys.
| Tough As They Come | |
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| Directed by | William Nigh |
| Produced by | Ken Goldsmith |
| Written by | Lewis Amster Brenda Weisberg |
| Starring | Billy Halop Huntz Hall Paul Kelly Helen Parrish |
| Music by | Hans J. Salter |
| Cinematography | Elwood Bredell |
| Edited by | Bernard W. Burton |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot
Tommy works for an unethical finance company that charges borrowers extremely high interest that makes it hard to pay back. Consequently the company winds up repossessing radios, furniture, cars and anything else they can from the people who can not afford to pay them back. Tommy decides that what they are doing is wrong and decides to collect evidence from the finance company and bring it to the D.A's office and turn them in.
Cast
Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys
- Billy Halop as Tommy Clark
- Huntz Hall as Pig
- Bernard Punsly as Ape
- Gabriel Dell as String
Additional cast
- Paul Kelly as Dan Stevens
- Helen Parrish as Ann Wilson
- Ann Gillis as Frankie Taylor
- Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Clark
- John Gallaudet as Mike Taylor
Production
Prior to filming, the Production Code Administration declined the original script by stating that it could not be approved because of the "objectionable element which the script contains is the inference, as at presently written, that all finance and installment companies operate in a rather illegal manner as to the details of transacting their business, and in a brutal manner as to the details in making their collections."[1]
References
- "TOUGH AS THEY COME, 1942". Margaret Herrick Library. Retrieved 21 July 2020.