Live Wires(1946)

Name: Live Wires
Director: Phil Karlson
Released: 1946-01-12
Rating: 5.4
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Mike Mazurki, Bobby Jordan, William Benedict

01/12/1946 (US)Comedy, Crime, Thriller1h 5m

5.4

"They'll Short-Circuit Your Funnybone!"

Overview

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.

Phil Karlson

Director

Dore Schary

Story

Tim Ryan

Screenplay

Josef Mischel

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Leo Gorcey

Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

Huntz Hall

'Sach' Jones

Mike Mazurki

Patsy 'Pat' Clark

Bobby Jordan

Bobby

William Benedict

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

William Frambes

Homer

Claudia Drake

Jeanette

Pamela Blake

Mary Mahoney

John Eldredge

Herbert L. Sayers

Bernard Gorcey

Jack Kane

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Part of the The Bowery Boys Collection

From Dead Ends to the East Side and finally landing in Louie's Sweet Shop in the heart of the Bowery (3rd and Canal, natch!), there was no stopping these Boys! When understudy Leo Gorcey joined the ensemble of teen thespians on stage for the Broadway hit "Dead End", Hollywood soon followed with William Wyler taking the troupe in toto for 1937's film version. Personifying the grit and heart of the kid gangs sprouting up in city slums, these little wise guys quickly stole the nation's heart. Ably anchored by the central pair of Huntz Hall and Leo Gorcey, the kids moved from "preachment" and crime pictures to straight up comedy as The Bowery Boys - and the rest is history as the boys capered through scores of pictures for over two decades!