Live Wires

Jan 12, 1946

1h 5m

★ 5.4

They'll Short-Circuit Your Funnybone!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Thriller

Production Companies

Monogram Pictures

Live Wires Trailers

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Cast

Terrence 'Slip' Mahoney

Leo Gorcey

'Sach' Jones

Huntz Hall

Patsy 'Pat' Clark

Mike Mazurki

Bobby

Bobby Jordan

Whitey (as Billy Benedict)

William Benedict

Homer

William Frambes

Jeanette

Claudia Drake

Mary Mahoney

Pamela Blake

Herbert L. Sayers

John Eldredge

Jack Kane

Bernard Gorcey

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.

4.0

Paris Playboys

Mar 7, 1954

Sach is the exact double of a famous French scientist who has invented a powerful rocket fuel. Enemy agents, mistaking Sach for the scientist, attempt to kidnap him and get the formula for the fuel.

6.7

Mr. Hex

Nov 9, 1946

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

5.1

Loose in London

May 24, 1953

The Bowery Boys take on British crooks when one of them thinks he's inherited a title.

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.

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.

4.8

Spook Busters

Aug 24, 1946

The Bowery Boys--Slip, Sach, Bobby, Whitey & Chuck--start their own exterminating service, and get a job which takes them to a spooky old abandoned mansion in the middle of the night. Meeting up with pal Gabe and his new French bride, the boys are tormented by mad scientists who try to convince them the place is haunted and then kidnap Sach in order to place his brain inside a gorilla.

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.

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.

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.

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.

5.2

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

6.6

Ghost Chasers

Apr 29, 1951

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

2.7

Dig That Uranium

Dec 25, 1955

The boys buy a uranium mine out west, but when they get there they find that it's pretty much worthless. However, the local badmen are distrustful of these new strangers, and when they mistakenly get the impression that the mine is loaded with uranium, they hatch a scheme to get rid of the boys and take over the mine.

6.0

Here Come the Marines

Jun 29, 1952

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.

4.7

Smuggler's Cove

Oct 10, 1948

Slip and Sach are working as cleaners in a high rise building. They enter an office to clean it when a messenger hears them use Slip's given name, Terrance Mahoney. The messenger has a letter for "Terrance Mahonoey, Esq." and mistakenly delivers it to Slip. The letter informs Slip that he has inherited a mansion in Long Island. The boys then make their way to the mansion and find that it is inhabited by diamond smugglers. The real owner of the house shows up and helps save the day and defeat the smugglers and gives the boys the house as a reward.

6.1

Lucky Losers

May 14, 1950

Slip and Sach's boss, David J. Thurston, has allegedly committed suicide. Slip finds a book of matches with the name of a local nightclub on his boss' desk and finds out from Gabe that a gambling casino is being run out of it. Slip comes to the conclusion that the club had something to do with his boss' death and sets out to find his murderer. The boys get jobs at the club and Louie poses as a rich cattlemen as they gather the information to convict the murderers.

5.0

Fighting Fools

Mar 17, 1949

The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During a crooked match Jimmy is killed. The boys seek out his older brother, Johnny, a former boxer who gave up the sport rather than go crooked, and help train him to get back in the ring. They try to get him a shot at the title, and when they do the same crooked gangsters that were behind Jimmy's death try to get Johnny to take a dive.