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Mr Wise Guy
- Director: William Nigh
- Writer: Martin Mooney; Sam Robins
- Producer: Sam Katzman; Barney A. Sarecky
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Part of the East Side Kids series...
There's a little drag, some weird hairdos and lashings of duff dialogue.
In a word: rubbish.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Mr. Wise Guy (the eighth in the East Side Kids series) finds the gang sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins (Douglas Fowley), brother of co-leader Danny (Bobby Jordan), becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs (Leo Gorcey), Glimpy (Huntz Hall), Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby (Billy Gilbert), a henchman of Luke Manning (Guinn Williams), knows something about the murder.
Cast & Characters
Leo Gorcey as Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis;
Bobby Jordan as Danny Collins;
Huntz Hall as Glimpy Stone;
Billy Gilbert as Knobby;
Guinn 'Big Boy' Williams as Luke Manning;
Douglas Fowley as Bill Collins;
Joan Barclay as Ann Mitchell;
Warren Hymer as Dratler;
Ann Doran as Dorothy Melton;
Jack Mulhall as Jim Barnes - Reformatory Head;
Gabriel Dell as Charlie Manning;
Sidney Miller as Charlie Horse;
David Gorcey as Peewee;
Bobby Stone as Chalky Jones;
Dick Ryan as Jed Miller - Abusive Reformatory Guard