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65% Critic Match
Bowery Bombshell
“DID YOU EVER SEE AN ATOM BOMB WALKING!”
6.5 / 10• 1946• 1h 5m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey and Chuck unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith snaps a pictures of three bank robbers as they are fleeing a robbery but when the Bowery Boys and Cathy realize that Sach is also in the photograph, they break into the photo lab to destroy the negative, which might make the police think Sach was involved in the robbery.
Cast & Crew
Leo Gorcey
Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Lead
Huntz Hall
Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
Bobby Jordan
Bobby
William Benedict
Whitey
David Gorcey
Chuck
Teala Loring
Cathy Smith
Sheldon Leonard
Ace Deuce Baker
Daun Kennedy
Maizie (as Dawn Kennedy)
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Phil Karlson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Bowery Bombshell is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
