Block Busters (1944)
- Starring:
- Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, (more)
- Director(s):
- Wallace W. Fox
Synopsis of Block Busters
A lesser East Side Kids effort, Block Busters looks more like an elongated 2-reel comedy than a 6-reel feature. This time, Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall) and the rest of the Kids set about to "Americanize" affable young French refugee Jean Rogers (Frederick Pressel). But after a disastrous baseball game, Jean is chased out of the neighborhood and told not to return. Eventually, the Kids patch things up with Jean and play a championship game on behalf of their sick friend Tobby (Bill Chaney). Featured in the cast are Leo Gorcey's then-wive Kay Marvis, his father Bernard Gorcey (in a dry run for his Bowery Boys character Louie Dumbrowski), and, sadly, former comedy great Harry Langdon, wasted in a minor role as an undertaker. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Complete Cast of Block Busters
- Leo Gorcey - Muggs
- Gabriel Dell - Skinny
- Jimmy Strand - Danny
- Minerva Urecal - Amelia
- Noah Beery, Sr. - Judge
- Fred Pressel - Jean
- Kay Marvis - Irma
- East Side Kids
- Huntz Hall - Glimpy
- Billy Benedict - Butch
- Bill Chaney - Tobey
- Roberta Smith - Jinx
- Harry Langdon - Higgins
- Jack Gilman - Batter
- Charlie Murray, Jr. - Umpire
- Bernard Gorcey
- Director(s):
- Wallace W. Fox
- Writer(s):
- Houston Branch
- Producer(s):
- Jack Dietz, Sam Katzman
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