| Lucky Losers | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Charles Marion Bert Lawrence |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell David Gorcey William Benedict |
| Cinematography | Marcel LePicard |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time | 69 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lucky Losers is a 1950 Americancomedy film directed byWilliam Beaudine starringThe Bowery Boys.[1] The film was released on May 14, 1950, byMonogram Pictures and is the eighteenth film in the series. It had theworking title ofHigh Stakes.[2]
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 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 cattleman as they gather the information to convict the murderers.
ProducerJan Grippo was a professional magician brought to Hollywood to teachVeronica Lake to be convincing doing card tricks inThis Gun for Hire.[3] He later became Leo Gorcey's agent and produced the Bowery Boys series. He performed the card and dice tricks seen in the film.[4]
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-orderDVD in the United States as part of"The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.
| Preceded by Blonde Dynamite 1950 | 'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 | Succeeded by Triple Trouble 1950 |