''Hold That Line'' is a 1952

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

starring the Bowery Boys. The film was released on March 23, 1952 by

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios in ...

and is the 25th film in the series.

Plot

The members of the local university's trust make a wager that anyone can succeed in college if just given the chance. They enlist Slip Mahoney and his gang to prove the theory by attending the university. While the boys do not become academic scholars, Sach invents a "vitamin" drink that makes him invincible. They all join the football team and Sach becomes the star player, leading them to the big championship game. A local gambler, seeing an opportunity to make some money, kidnaps Sach to prevent him from playing. Slip and the rest of the gang rescue Sach and return him to the game. Sach is out of "vitamins," so Slip plans a ruse on the playing field that distracts the other team and allows him to score the winning touchdown. Afterward, Sach concocts a new formula that allows him to fly.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Leo Gorcey Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey w ...

as Terrance Aloysius "Slip" Mahoney *

Huntz Hall Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular " Dead End Kids" movies, including '' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), and in the later " Bower ...

as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones * David Gorcey as Chuck (Credited as David Conden) * Bennie Bartlett as Butch (Credited as David Bartlett) *

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as Junior

Remaining cast

* Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski and Morris Dumbrowski * John Bromfield as Biff Wallace * Taylor Holmes as Dean Forrester * Veda Ann Borg as Candy Callin * Gloria Winters as Penny Wells *

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as Katie Wayne

Production

This is the first of two appearances by Gil Stratton, Jr. as a member of the gang, replacing William Benedict. Stratton was reluctant to join the series (his agent accepted the job for the money), and he tried to keep himself as inconspicuous as possible in the films; he often gave his dialogue to Leo Gorcey or Huntz Hall.David Hayes and Brent Walker, ''The Films of the Bowery Boys,'' Citadel Press (Secaucus, NJ), 1984. ISBN 978-0806509310. Director William Beaudine captured the college-campus and football elements of ''Hold That Line'' so well that Monogram hired him to film a more elaborate gridiron picture, '' The Rose Bowl Story'', that same season.

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of ''"The Bowery Boys, Volume Two"'' on April 9, 2013.

References

External links

* {{William Beaudine 1950s sports comedy films 1952 films American black-and-white films American football films Bowery Boys films Films directed by William Beaudine Films set in universities and colleges Monogram Pictures films 1952 comedy films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films