Hard Boiled Mahoney (1947)
They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!
Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.
- Date of release
- 1947-05-10
- TMDB
- 6.8 / 10 (6)
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- Genres
- Comedy, Mystery, Crime
- Director
- William Beaudine
- Collection
- The Bowery Boys Collection
Casting
- Leo Gorcey — Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall — Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- Betty Compson — Selena Webster
- Gabriel Dell — Gabe
- Teala Loring — Eleanor Williams
- William Benedict — Whitey
- Bobby Jordan — Bobby
- David Gorcey — Chuck
- Bernard Gorcey — Louie
- Dan Seymour — Dr. Armand
- Byron Foulger — Prof. Quizard
- Patti Brill — Alice
Interesting facts
Hard Boiled Mahoney is a 1947 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of the Bowery Boys along with Teala Loring and Betty Compson. It is the sixth film in the series produced by Monogram Pictures.
Production
This is the only Bowery Boys film in which Gabe (Gabriel Dell) is part of the team. In every other film. he is a protagonist or former team member. In this film, he reprises his character of Talman (a.k.a. Pete) that he portrayed in the East Side Kids' final film, Come Out Fighting.
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