In Fast Company (1946 film)
In Fast Company is a 1946 American comedy film directed by Del Lord starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys alongside Jane Randolph and Judy Clark. It is the second film in the series, which was produced by Monogram Pictures.
| In Fast Company | |
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| Directed by | Del Lord |
| Written by | Martin Mooney (story) Edmond Seward Tim Ryan Victor Hammond Raymond Schrock |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo Lindsley Parsons |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Bobby Jordan William Benedict |
| Cinematography | William A. Sickner |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Plot Edit
The boys are involved in an altercation with a vegetable vendor and are saved by Father Donovan who convinces the policeman to let them go. He uses that to guilt Slip into becoming a driver at Cassidy's Cab Company after the owner is knocked out of commission by a rival cab company, Red Circle Cab.
Slip clashes with drivers of the rival company and enlists the aid of the rest of the gang to expose the company to the owner, Mr. McCormick.
Cast Edit
The Bowery Boys Edit
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Sach
- Bobby Jordan as Bobby
- William Benedict as Whitey
- David Gorcey as Chuck
Remaining cast Edit
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie
- Judy Clark as Mabel Dumbrowski
- Jane Randolph as Marian McCormick
- Douglas Fowley as Steve Trent
- Charles D. Brown as Father Donovan
Production Edit
Gorcey's father, Bernard Gorcey makes his first appearances as the owner of Louie's Sweet Shop, and it is also the first appearance of an all-out fistfight which would become a common plot element in the series.
David Gorcey's first Bowery Boys film. He would remain with the series up until the end in 1958, playing the role of 'Chuck'.
The film, made under the working title In High Gear, is a remake, with Monogram Pictures filming an earlier version in 1938.[1]
Home media Edit
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.
References Edit
- ^ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
External links Edit
- In Fast Company at IMDb
- In Fast Company at AllMovie
- In Fast Company at the TCM Movie Database
- In Fast Company at the American Film Institute Catalog