I've seen quite a few of the Bowery Boys films and must admit that they are a very uneven lot. A few are very good....a few are terrible...and many fall somewhere in between. Of all their films, I think one of their weakest is "Spy Chasers"....mostly because it's not all that funny and the writing is weak.
When the story begins, you learn, rather out of the blue, that Louie is originally from some fictitious country...and his country is in the middle of a revolution and counter-revolution. For some reason, again it's rather inexplicable, the gang get pulled into the middle of this and the gang are trying to restore the King to his throne....though WHY is totally uncertain. Along the way, Sach is naturally an easy victim for a vamp who hypnotizes him to do her evil bidding. What's to come of all this odd intrigue? Who really cares??!!
While I'd never consider the writing for a Bowery Boys film to be brilliant (after all, they were quickly made B movies), this one seems more rushed and nonsensical than usual. Making Louie's birth place some weird kingdom seems to be reaching....especially since this was never mentioned before and because his brother is a general in the country's army. Plus, it is really odd that Louie had no knowledge of any revolution nor counter-revolution until the King's agents told him about this. But the biggest problem here isn't the contrived plot but a much more important thing...it's just never funny. The writers forgot to include laughs and just having Sach hypnotized alone isn't funny....as they never really do anything with this plot device.
Overall, this is a pretty limp and silly film....even by the Boys' standards. Watch if you are a die-hard fan, otherwise you might want to see one of their better films such as "Crashing Las Vegas" or "Ghost Chasers".
When the story begins, you learn, rather out of the blue, that Louie is originally from some fictitious country...and his country is in the middle of a revolution and counter-revolution. For some reason, again it's rather inexplicable, the gang get pulled into the middle of this and the gang are trying to restore the King to his throne....though WHY is totally uncertain. Along the way, Sach is naturally an easy victim for a vamp who hypnotizes him to do her evil bidding. What's to come of all this odd intrigue? Who really cares??!!
While I'd never consider the writing for a Bowery Boys film to be brilliant (after all, they were quickly made B movies), this one seems more rushed and nonsensical than usual. Making Louie's birth place some weird kingdom seems to be reaching....especially since this was never mentioned before and because his brother is a general in the country's army. Plus, it is really odd that Louie had no knowledge of any revolution nor counter-revolution until the King's agents told him about this. But the biggest problem here isn't the contrived plot but a much more important thing...it's just never funny. The writers forgot to include laughs and just having Sach hypnotized alone isn't funny....as they never really do anything with this plot device.
Overall, this is a pretty limp and silly film....even by the Boys' standards. Watch if you are a die-hard fan, otherwise you might want to see one of their better films such as "Crashing Las Vegas" or "Ghost Chasers".