Angels in Disguise (film)
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Angels in Disguise is a 1949 comedy film
starring The Bowery Boys
. The film was released on September 11, 1949 by Monogram Pictures
and is the fifteenth film in the series.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
starring The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys
The Bowery Boys were fictional New York City characters who were the subject of feature films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958....
. The film was released on September 11, 1949 by Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures
Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to...
and is the fifteenth film in the series.
Plot
Sach and Slip are copy boys for the local newspaper and they hear their friend Gabe, a local police officer, has been shot in the line of duty. The go and visit him and find out that another police officer was killed by the same gangsters that shot Gabe. The boys then go undercover and infiltrate the mob in order to take them down. They accompany the Loop Gang to a payroll heist and Slip sneaks off into another room and calls his editor and asks him to call the police. The cops arrive and bust up the gang, but not before Sach and Slip are beaten and taken to the hospital. Once there, Sach calls for a nurse to take care of him, but when a male nurse arrives he sends him to over to Slip and gets up to leave. Just as he is about to walk out the door a female nurse comes in and takes over massaging Slip's back!The Bowery Boys
- Leo GorceyLeo GorceyLeo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying on film the leader of the group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. Always the most pugnacious member of the gangs he participated in, young Leo...
as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney - Huntz HallHuntz HallHenry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids" movies, such as Angels with Dirty Faces , which gave way to the "The Bowery Boys" movie franchise, a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in...
as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones - William BenedictWilliam BenedictWilliam Benedict was an American actor. Born in Haskell, Oklahoma, he took part in school theatricals, and on leaving school he made his way to Hollywood. His first film was $10 Raise starring Edward Everett Horton, which launched Benedict on a busy career...
as Whitey - David GorceyDavid GorceyDavid Gorcey was an American actor and comedian best known as being a member of the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. He was the younger brother of Dead End Kids member Leo Gorcey.-Career:...
as Chuck - Bennie Bartlett as Butch
Remaining cast
- Gabriel DellGabriel DellGabriel Dell was an American actor and one of the members of what came to be known as the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/The Bowery Boys.-Early life:...
as Gabe Moreno - Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Mickey KnoxMickey Knox (actor)Abraham "Mickey" Knox is an American actor, screenwriter, film producer and novelist. He is associated with the Hollywood blacklist when he was forced to move to Italy to work. As an actor, he currently has 78 listed credits. Quentin Tarantino named his lead character after him in the film...
as Angles - Edward Ryan as Carver
- Richard BenedictRichard BenedictRichard "Pepe" Benedict was an Italian-born television and film actor and director.He appeared in dozens of television programs and movies from the 1940s to the 1960s, most notably Ace in the Hole , directed by Billy Wilder...
as Miami - Jane Adams as First Pretty Nurse
- Marie Blake as Mildred 'Millie', Telephone Operator
- Dorothy AbbottDorothy AbbottDorothy Abbott was an American actress.-Career:Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Abbott appeared in many films between the 1940s and 1960s as an extra. In Las Vegas she was a showgirl at the Flamingo Hotel and was known as "the girl with the golden arm"...
as Reception Nurse - Jack GarganJack GarganJack Gargan is a retired financial planner in the United States who became the second chairman of the Reform Party started by Ross Perot...
as Rewrite Man - Don C. HarveyDon C. HarveyDon C. Harvey was an American television and film actor. Harvey was born in Kansas, United States.-Career:Harvey appeared in 180 films and television programs between 1945 and 1963....
as Ralph Hodges (as Don Harvey) - Jack MowerJack MowerJack Mower was an American film actor. He appeared in 526 films between 1914 and 1962.He was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and died in Hollywood, California.-Selected filmography:* Destination Tokyo...
as Policeman at Hospital - Lee PhelpsLee PhelpsLee Phelps was an American film actor. He appeared in over 600 films between 1917 and 1953, mainly in uncredited roles...
as Watchman