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. It was the last in the Monogram Pictures series of "

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" films before the series was reinvented as "

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described the film as "grating," giving it one and a half out of four stars.

, ''Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide'', page 256, 1998.

Plot

The East Side Kids are ejected from their clubhouse in a raid brought on by complaining neighbors, they have no place to train for an upcoming boxing tournament. The police commissioner is worried that his son Gilbert, who prefers

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