Mr. Wise Guy (1942)
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In this "East Side Kids" escapade (the eighth in the series), the gang, led by Muggs McGinniss (Leo Gorcey), help a man load a barrel on a truck. Little do they know that the man is a crook; accused of trying to steal the truck, they are immediately and without due process sent to reform… More In this "East Side Kids" escapade (the eighth in the series), the gang, led by Muggs McGinniss (Leo Gorcey), help a man load a barrel on a truck. Little do they know that the man is a crook; accused of trying to steal the truck, they are immediately and without due process sent to reform school. Meanwhile, a gang members' brother is framed for murder and sentenced to death (justice is dispensed with remarkable swiftness on the East Side). The imprisoned gang watch a newsreel which features the man whom they'd helped load the truck. The man was filmed picking up a lottery prize for the his boss, a supposedly dead gangster who committed the murder for which the boy mentioned a few sentences back was framed. With the flimsiest of evidence, Muggs and his boys figure that the barrel loaded on the truck contained the murderous gangster. They escape from reform school (almost as easily as they'd gotten in), track down the gangster's henchman, extract a confession and save the condemned boy at the last minute. Insanely illogical, Mr. Wise Guy is lifted ever so slightly from mediocrity by the supporting performance of Billy Gilbert as the gangster's stooge. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- William Nigh
- Genres
- Drama, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 20, 1942 Wide
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Cast
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Leo Gorcey
as Ethelbert "Muggs" McGinnis
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Bobby Jordan
as Danny Collins
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Huntz Hall
as Glimpy Stone
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Billy Gilbert
as Knobby
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Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams
as Luke Manning
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Warren Hymer
as Dratler
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Gabriel Dell
as Rice Pudding Charlie
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Joan Barclay
as Ann Mitchell
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Douglas Fowley
as Bill Collins
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Sammy "Sunshine" Morrison
as Scruno
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David Gorcey
as Peewee
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Bobby Stone
as Chalky Jones
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Ann Doran
as Dorothy Melton
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Benny Rubin
as Waiter
- Joe Kirk
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William E. Lawrence
as Skinny
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Jack Mulhall
as Jim Barnes
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Dick Ryan
as Jed Miller
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Sidney Miller
as "Charlie Horse"
