Jail Busters (1955)
In this entry in the long-running series, the Bowery Boys must help a reporter who was beaten up during an undercover investigation at a local prison. With the consent of the reporter's editor, the boys pull off a phony jewel caper and two of them are imprisoned. In the pokey, they learn that the editor is the real thief and that they really are in prison. Hijinks ensue until they expose a scam surrounding prison guards on the take from inmates who pay them to give them easier jobs. This allows them to prove their innocence and eventually expose the evil editor. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
- Director(s):
- William Beaudine
Synopsis of Jail Busters
In this entry in the long-running series, the Bowery Boys must help a reporter who was beaten up during an undercover investigation at a local prison. With the consent of the reporter's editor, the boys pull off a phony jewel caper and two of them are imprisoned. In the pokey, they learn that the editor is the real thief and that they really are in prison. Hijinks ensue until they expose a scam surrounding prison guards on the take from inmates who pay them to give them easier jobs. This allows them to prove their innocence and eventually expose the evil editor. ~ Sandra Brennan, Rovi
Complete Cast of Jail Busters
- Murray Alper - Gus
- Anthony Caruso - Ed Lannigan
- Bernard Gorcey - Louie Dumbrowski
- Leo Gorcey - Terrence Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney
- John Harmon - Tomcyk
- Henry Kulky - Marty
- Michael Ross - Big Greenie
- Lyle Talbot - Cy Bowman
- Bennie Bartlett - Butch Williams
- Fritz Feld - Dr. Fernando F. Fordyce
- David Gorcey - Charles "Chuck" Anderson
- Huntz Hall - Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones
- Percy Helton - Warden B.W. Oswald
- Barton MacLane - Guard Jenkins
- Emil Sitka - Mug Photographer
- Harry Tyler - Hank/12784
- Director(s):
- William Beaudine
- Writer(s):
- Elwood Ullman, Edward Bernds
- Producer(s):
- Ben Schwalb
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