Jalopy

Feb 15, 1953

1h 2m

★ 4.6

You'll Blow Your Gasket howling at these dizzy whizzes of the racing world!

Overview

Slip has entered the Boys' rattletrap car in a souped-up jalopy race, but has no chance of winning until Satch, with the aid of a scientist acquaintance, comes up with a chemical concoction that acts as a super-fuel; but a rival entrant in the race learns of this and tries to get the formula for himself.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Jalopy Trailers

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Cast

Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Leo Gorcey

Horace Debussy 'Satch' Jones

Huntz Hall

Skid Wilson

Robert Lowery

Bobbie Lane

Jane Easton

The Professor

Leon Belasco

Louie Dumbrowsky

Bernard Gorcey

Chuck

David Gorcey

Butch

Benny Bartlett

Tony, the driver

Richard Benedict

Red, the mechanic

Murray Alper

Race Announcer

Tom Hanlon

Party Brunet, dancing with Slip

Mona Knox

After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and he is promoted. During a drill that he is putting the rest of the gang through, they find a soldier left for dead on the side of the road. Slip discovers a playing card next to the marine and traces it to Jolly Joe Johnson's gambling house. They suspect that the gambling house is cheating and set out to uncover the proof.

5.5

Up In Smoke

Dec 22, 1957

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

6.0

Bowery Bombshell

Jul 20, 1946

Slip (Leo Gorcey), Sach (Huntz Hall), Bobby (Bobby Jordan), Whitey (William Benedict) and Chuck (David Gorcey) unsuccessfully try to sell a dilapidated car to a street cleaner for a fabulous amount, so they can get enough money to save Louie's (Bernard Gorcey) Malt Shop. Sidewalk photographer Cathy Smith (Teala Loring) snaps a pictures of three bank robbers as they are fleeing a robbery but when the Bowery Boys and Cathy realize that Sach is also in the photograph, they break into the photo lab to destroy the negative, which might make the police think Sach was involved in the robbery.

5.2

The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

Jun 6, 1954

Slip, Sach and the rest of the Bowery Boys enter a haunted house, where they engage in slapstick with a gorilla, a robot and a vampire

6.5

Bowery Buckaroos

Nov 22, 1947

The Bowery Boys head west to clear Louie of an old murder charge that he had killed his gold-mine partner. Sach has the map to the gold mine painted on his back, and Blackjack McCoy has him kidnapped by Indian Joe. Gabe poses as a dangerous gunman, the Klondike Kid, while Slip is in charge of all the remaining loose ends.

4.0

Angels' Alley

Mar 7, 1948

Slip invites his cousin Jimmy to stay with his family after he is released from prison. However, Jimmy soon gets mixed up with an auto-theft ring.

5.4

Live Wires

Jan 12, 1946

Slip gets fired from his job at a construction company for decking his boss. His sister, who got him a job at the company, is angry with him. Slip manages to get a job with the District Attorney serving warrants, as does Sach. Through his job, Slip finds out that all is not quite kosher at his old construction company, and that his sister may be in danger.

5.5

Sonic Christmas Blast

Nov 24, 1996

Sonic the Hedgehog must stop the evil Dr. Robotnik from ruining Christmas after Santa Claus disappears.

6.0

News Hounds

Aug 13, 1947

Slip and Sach are working for a local newspaper as a reporter and photographer, respectively. Slip wants to get the goods on a local gambling ring that is fixing sporting events, so he and Sach go undercover to expose the ring.

6.7

Mr. Hex

Nov 9, 1946

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

4.8

Jinx Money

Jun 27, 1948

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.

6.6

Ghost Chasers

Apr 29, 1951

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

5.6

Mabel at the Wheel

Apr 18, 1914

A villain, competing with his rival's race car, kidnaps the rival before the race. Mabel decides to take the wheel in his place.

6.3

Greased Lightning

Jul 1, 1977

The true life story of Wendell Scott, the first black stock car racing driver to win an upper-tier NASCAR race.

6.1

Bowery to Bagdad

Jan 7, 1955

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

4.0

Jungle Gents

Sep 5, 1954

When a cold medicine causes Sach to be able to smell diamonds, he and the rest of the Bowery Boys are induced by a diamond dealer to accompany him to Darkest Africa in search of a legendary cache of them.

4.5

Blonde Dynamite

Feb 12, 1950

While Louie is on vacation, the boys turn The Sweet Shop into an escort service, and soon find a group of beautiful girls as their first clients.

7.0

In the Money

Feb 16, 1958

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

8.0

Bowery Battalion

Jan 24, 1951

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

5.5

Blues Busters

Oct 29, 1950

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