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''Feudin' Fools'' is a 1952 American
comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...
directed by
William Beaudine William Washington Beaudine (January 15, 1892 – March 18, 1970) was an American film director. He was one of Hollywood's most prolific directors, turning out a remarkable 179 feature-length films in a wide variety of genres. He is best know ...
and starring
The Bowery Boys The Bowery Boys are fictional New York City characters, portrayed by a company of New York actors, who were the subject of 48 feature films released by Monogram Pictures and its successor Allied Artists Pictures Corporation from 1946 through 1 ...
,
Anne Kimbell Anne Kimbell Relph, known professionally as Anne Kimbell (née Banks; June 28, 1932 – May 16, 2017) was an American actress most active on screen during the 1950s. Kimbell is best known as the star of the 1954 science fiction film, ''Monster f ...
and Dorothy Ford. The film was released on September 21, 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 i ...
and is the twenty-seventh film in the series.


Plot

Sach inherits a farm and the boys travel there. They discover that their neighbors are the Smiths, who have feuded with the Joneses, of which Sach is one. They keep Sach's identity secret, and become friends with them. A gang of bank robbers arrive and hide out in the boy's house. The Smiths arrive and, thinking the robber's names are Jones, begin shooting at them. The law arrives and takes the criminals away, but Slip accidentally says he is "Mr. Jones" and the Smiths begin shooting at him!


Cast


The Bowery Boys

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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 street-wise city toughs known variously as the Dead End Kids, East Side Kids, the East Side Kids, and as adults ...
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 "The Bowe ...
as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones *
David Gorcey David Gorcey (February 6, 1921 – October 23, 1984) was an American actor and the younger brother of actor Leo Gorcey. Gorcey is best known for portraying "Chuck Anderson" in Monogram Pictures' film series The Bowery Boys, and "Pee Wee" in i ...
as Chuck (Credited as David Condon) *
Bennie Bartlett Floyd B. Bartlett, known professionally as Benny Bartlett or Bennie Bartlett (August 16, 1924 – December 26, 1999), was an American child actor, musician, and later a member of the long-running feature film series '' The Bowery Boys''. Bio ...
as Butch


Remaining cast

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Bernard Gorcey Bernard Gorcey (born Baruch Ugorsky; 9 January 1886 – 11 September 1955) was an American actor. He began in Vaudeville, performed on Broadway, and appeared in multiple shorts and films. He portrayed ice cream shop proprietor Louie Dumbrowski i ...
as Louie Dumbrowski *
Anne Kimbell Anne Kimbell Relph, known professionally as Anne Kimbell (née Banks; June 28, 1932 – May 16, 2017) was an American actress most active on screen during the 1950s. Kimbell is best known as the star of the 1954 science fiction film, ''Monster f ...
as Ellie Mae Smith * Dorothy Ford as Tiny Smith * Paul Wexler as Luke Smith * Robert Easton as Caleb Smith *
Lyle Talbot Lyle Talbot (born Lisle Henderson, also credited Lysle Talbot; February 8, 1902 – March 2, 1996) was an American stage, screen and television actor. His career in films spanned three decades, from 1931 to 1960, and he performed on a wide ...
as Big Jim


Production

This is the first film where the gang consists of only four members, a size it would stay until the end of the series.


Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order
DVD The DVD (common abbreviation for digital video disc or digital versatile disc) is a digital optical disc data storage format. It was invented and developed in 1995 and first released on November 1, 1996, in Japan. The medium can store any ki ...
in the United States as part of ''"The Bowery Boys, Volume Three"'' on October 1, 2013.


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* * * 1952 comedy films 1952 films American black-and-white films Bowery Boys films Monogram Pictures films Films directed by William Beaudine American comedy films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-US-comedy-film-stub