The Bowery Boys series mercifully comes sputtering to an end with this forty-eighth entry. This one has Sach getting mixed up with diamond smugglers and a poodle plot. It's Huntz Hall's show the whole way, for better or worse (bet on worse). The rest of the gang - Stanley Clements, Eddie LeRoy, and David Gorcey - offer typically weak support. The rest of the cast includes Dick Elliott, Paul Cavanagh, and Patricia Donahue. It's a pretty yawn-worthy effort that's only of interest to fans of the series who want to check it off their list. No memorable lines or gags. A forgettable end to a long-running series that itself was preceded by other series (Dead End Kids, Little Tough Guys, East Side Kids). The only Dead End Kid from the beginning still standing at the end was Huntz Hall, whose shtick grew increasingly unfunny (for me, at least) as he got older. Still, pretty impressive to think that a group of kids from a dramatic Broadway play would go on to become a comedy franchise that lasted over twenty years with different series at different studios, and over eighty films.
Review of In the Money
