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Lucky Losers

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Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it. Slip comes to the conclusion that the club had something to do with his boss' death and sets out to find his murderer. The boys get jobs at the club and Louie poses as a rich cattlemen as they gather the information to convict the murderers.

Status: Released

Released Date: 1950-05-14

Runtime: 70 mins

Director: William Beaudine

Spoken language: English

Genres: Comedy

Original title: Lucky Losers

Production Companies: Monogram Pictures

Production Countries: United States of America

Cast

Leo Gorcey

Huntz Hall

Hillary Brooke

Gabriel Dell

Lyle Talbot

Bernard Gorcey

William Benedict

Joe Turkel

Wellington Jefferson 'Buffer' McGee

Harry Tyler

Buddy Gorman

David Gorcey

Harry Cheshire

Frank Jenks

Douglas Evans

The Bowery Boys Collection

2.7

Live Wires

1946-01-12

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him

3.1

In Fast Company

1946-06-22

The Bowery Boys come to the rescue when a corrupt taxi company puts the squeeze on several independe

Bowery Bombshell

1946-07-20

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (Dav

2.4

Spook Busters

1946-08-24

The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and g

3.4

Mr. Hex

1946-11-09

Sach is given a post-hypnotic suggestion that turns him into a championship prizefighter.

3.2

Hard Boiled Mahoney

1947-05-10

Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with hi

News Hounds

1947-08-13

Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip w

3.3

Bowery Buckaroos

1947-11-22

The Bowery Boys head west to clear Louie of an old murder charge that he had killed his gold-mine pa

Angels' Alley

1948-03-07

Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jim

2.4

Jinx Money

1948-06-27

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip

2.4

Smuggler's Cove

1948-10-10

Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when

2.9

Trouble Makers

1948-12-10

Slip and Sach are in the sidewalk star-gazing business when they see a murder committed in a room at

2.5

Fighting Fools

1949-03-17

The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During

2.5

Hold That Baby!

1949-06-06

While working in a laundromat, the boys find a baby hidden among the linen. They soon find out that

2.6

Angels in Disguise

1949-09-25

Slip and the gang stray from newspaper work to detective work.

2.9

Master Minds

1949-11-27

When Sach eats too much sugar, he goes into a trance whereby he's able to predict the future. Slip t

2.5

Blonde Dynamite

1950-02-12

While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a gro

Lucky Losers

1950-05-14

Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of match

3.1

Triple Trouble

1950-08-13

Slip and Sach take the rap for a robbery they did not commit in order to uncover the real robbers, w

2.8

Blues Busters

1950-10-29

The Bowery Boys open a nightclub after Sach has his tonsils out and wakes up with a singing voice.

Bowery Battalion

1951-01-24

Slip, Sach and the gang think an air-raid test is for real and join the Army.

3.3

Ghost Chasers

1951-04-29

A ghost helps the Bowery Boys capture a gang of crooks led by a mad doctor.

3.5

Let's Go Navy!

1951-07-29

The Bowery Boys join the Navy to catch some crooks who are posing as sailors.

2.8

Crazy Over Horses

1951-09-09

The boys get mixed up with a race horse & crooked gamblers

Hold That Line

1952-03-23

The Bowery Boys are enrolled in a fancy college by a pair of rich snobs who think they can turn the

Here Come the Marines

1952-06-29

After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sac

Feudin' Fools

1952-09-21

Sach learns that he has inherited a farm in rural hillbilly country, and when he and the Boys arrive

2.5

No Holds Barred

1952-11-23

One of the Bowery Boys gains superhuman strength, and he cashes in by becoming a pro wrestler.

2.3

Jalopy

1953-02-15

Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning u

2.5

Loose in London

1953-05-24

The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.

Clipped Wings

1953-08-14

Slip and correspondence school pilot Sach, go to an air base to help a pal out...but find themselves

3.8

Private Eyes

1953-12-06

After being punched in the nose, Sach finds out that he has the ability to read minds. Slip and the

Paris Playboys

1954-03-07

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy

2.6

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

1954-06-06

Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick wit

Jungle Gents

1954-09-05

When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys ar

Bowery to Bagdad

1955-01-07

The Bowery Boys find a lamp that has strange magic powers.

2.5

High Society

1955-04-17

Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his

3.5

Spy Chasers

1955-07-31

Slip and the gang foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania.

Jail Busters

1955-09-18

Slip and Sach go to prison to help a reporter with a story.

1.4

Dig That Uranium

1955-12-25

The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthl

2.3

Crashing Las Vegas

1956-04-27

An electric shock enables Sach to predict numbers, so the Bowery Boys are off to Las Vegas to win en

Fighting Trouble

1956-09-16

An overambitious shutterbug almost gets his lights put out permanently when he decides to snap a pic

2.5

Hot Shots

1956-12-23

Sach and the gang baby-sit a bratty TV star.

2.5

Hold That Hypnotist

1957-02-24

When one of the Boys agrees to be hypnotized, he discovers he led a past life in the 1600s as a Brit

2.4

Spook Chasers

1957-06-02

Sach and the gang (Bowery Boys) find stashed cash in an old farmhouse apparently haunted.

2.5

Looking for Danger

1957-10-06

Sach and the gang fool Nazis and a sultan in North Africa.

2.8

Up In Smoke

1957-12-22

In order to be able to get the names of winning horses at the track, Sach agrees to sell his soul to

3.5

In the Money

1958-02-16

The Bowery Boys tangle with Scotland Yard, diamond smugglers and a gem-toting canine during an ocean

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