The Bowery Boys: Volume One

Process server Slip (Leo Gorcey) finds shady doings at his sister's workplace in "Live Wires" (1946). The boys are "In Fast Company" (1946) when they help gypsy hacks against a cab company's strong-arm tactics. It's a "Bowery Bombshell" (1946) when a photo wrongly implicates Sach (Huntz Hall) in a robbery. The boys turn "News Hounds" (1947) and try to expose a shady sports betting ring. The boys are "Fighting Fools" (1949) when they take on boxing fixers. It's a case of "Hold That Baby!" (1949) after they're saddled with an abandoned infant. Sach gets drawn into a mad scientist's brain-switching experiment in "Master Minds" (1949). Louie's sweet shop is turned into an escort service in "Blonde Dynamite. A murder case sends the gang looking into an illegal gambling house in "Lucky Losers" (1950). A tonsillectomy leaves Sach with a golden voice in "Blues Busters" (1950). The gang gets "Crazy Over Horses" (1951) when confronted by racetrack gamblers. And it's "No Holds Barred" (1952) when the fellas promote a suddenly super-strong Sach as a pro wrestler. 13 1/4 hrs. total on four discs. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono.