After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name.After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name.After being falsely accused of a murder, a group of kids have to find the real killer in order to clear their name.
Hal E. Chester
- Fred 'Dutch' Kuhn
- (as Hally Chester)
Jim Farley
- Police Capt. Moran
- (as James Farley)
Stephen Chase
- Joe - Detective
- (as Alden Chase)
Edwin Brian
- Mike
- (as Eddie Brian)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaDavid Durand is credited in casting call lists and the AFI Catalogue as "Dutch," the role played by Hal E. Chester, who was listed as "Buster," a character not in the film. Durand was not seen in the film at all, although his name does appear in the screen cast.
- GoofsDanny points out to Dutch that his Junior Police badge has his name on it, then the camera changes to show him turning over his badge to see his name on it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in They Came from Beyond - Sam Katzman at Columbia (2023)
Featured review
Fair Forerunner of the East Side Kids Series
This is worth seeing as the forerunner of the popular East Side Kids/ Bowery Boys comedies that used a very similar format with a different cast and characters. Despite the completely different cast, there are many obvious similarities. In itself, this feature is just fair, largely because the camaraderie and spontaneity is not nearly as strong as it would be in the main series. But of course this cast did not have the advantage of having worked together beforehand.
The story setup is much like those used for many of the later features. Leon Ames plays a police officer who takes an interest in a gang of youths, one of whom has a brother who is facing a murder charge. The main plot has the gang working with Ames to try to break up a counterfeiting ring, with numerous confrontations, frame-ups, and action sequences along the way. Most of it works all right in itself, but because the characters never quite come together, some of the scenes aren't quite as effective as they could have been.
Another interesting aspect, in comparison with the later series, is that once Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, and the others started their run together, the characters were simply presented for who they were, with few apologies or lengthy explanations. But here, perhaps out of uncertainty that audiences would accept these kinds of roughnecks as sympathetic characters, the movie has several of its characters repeatedly discuss how 'these are good boys who just need something constructive to do with their time, to keep them out of trouble'.
Overall, there should be enough to make this worth seeing for anyone who liked the series that followed, or if you simply enjoy the B-movies of the era. In itself, it's OK as very light viewing.
The story setup is much like those used for many of the later features. Leon Ames plays a police officer who takes an interest in a gang of youths, one of whom has a brother who is facing a murder charge. The main plot has the gang working with Ames to try to break up a counterfeiting ring, with numerous confrontations, frame-ups, and action sequences along the way. Most of it works all right in itself, but because the characters never quite come together, some of the scenes aren't quite as effective as they could have been.
Another interesting aspect, in comparison with the later series, is that once Leo Gorcey, Bobby Jordan, and the others started their run together, the characters were simply presented for who they were, with few apologies or lengthy explanations. But here, perhaps out of uncertainty that audiences would accept these kinds of roughnecks as sympathetic characters, the movie has several of its characters repeatedly discuss how 'these are good boys who just need something constructive to do with their time, to keep them out of trouble'.
Overall, there should be enough to make this worth seeing for anyone who liked the series that followed, or if you simply enjoy the B-movies of the era. In itself, it's OK as very light viewing.
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- Snow Leopard
- Feb 20, 2006
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- Also known as
- Heróis do Bairro
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- Runtime1 hour 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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