Bowery Blitzkrieg

Bowery Blitzkrieg is a 1941 film and the sixth installment of the East Side Kids series. The film introduced Huntz Hall in his first of the East Side Kids film series.

Two police officers patrolling the streets of New York Citys Bowery discuss the lamentable fact that most of the young boys in the neighborhood will turn to crime and end up in jail. One exception, they agree, is Danny Breslin Bobby Jordan, a young boxer who is studying economics and destined for success. While Dannys future looks bright, the future of his former best friend, Muggs McGinnis Leo Gorcey, appears to hold little more than troubles with the law and juvenile probation. One day, when Danny learns that Muggs has been speaking poorly of his schoolteacher sister Mary Charlotte Henry, he marches over to Clancys Pool Hall, their favorite neighborhood haunt, and punches Muggs. The fight eventually turns into a pool hall riot, which results in Muggss arrest. Officer Tom Brady Warren Hull, Marys sweetheart, believes that many of the boys can be reformed, and when he learns that Muggs has been involved in another fight, he tries to enlist Dannys help in determining the reason behind Muggs propensity to fight. Danny surprises his mother, sister and Tom when he violently protests Toms request, saying that he hates coppers, and vows never to return to the police gym for his boxing practice. While Tom lays plans to reform Muggs by entering him as a fighter in the upcoming Golden Glove Tournament, Danny unwittingly gets involved with notorious thug Monk Martin Bobby Stone. Unknown to Danny, Monk has used him to drive his getaway car in a grocery store holdup. After paying Danny for his services, Monk manages to persuade him to quit school and join his racket. Meanwhile, Muggs, having made great strides at the Whitney reform school, goes to live with Tom and his mother Martha Wentworth, much to the dismay of Mary, who promptly breaks off her relationship with Tom. Muggs eventually wins the respect of the entire neighborhood and earns the police departments sponsorship of his fight in the Golden Glove Tournament. So completely has Muggs given up his delinquent ways that

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