In the Money

This article is about the 1958 film. For the earlier film, see In the Money (1933 film). For the poker expression, see In the money (poker).

In the Money
Directed by	William Beaudine
Written by	Elwood Ullman
Screenplay by	Al Martin
Produced by	Richard V. Heermance
Starring	Huntz Hall
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Neil Brunnenkant
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Distributed by	Allied Artists
Release date	February 16, 1958 (1958-02-16)
Running time	61 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

In the Money is a 1958 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring The Bowery Boys. ^[1] The film was released on February 16, 1958, by Allied Artists Pictures and is the 48th and final film in the series. It was directed by William Beaudine and written by Al Martin and Elwood Ullman.

Plot

Sach is hired to escort Gloria, a poodle, on a trip to London, England. Unbeknownst to Sach, the people who hired him are international smugglers, who have hidden some diamonds under some false fur on Gloria. The rest of The Bowery Boys, suspicious of Sach's good fortune, think that "Gloria" must be a dangerous female. They decide to sneak onto Sach's London-bound ship, only to wind up swabbing the deck as punishment for being stowaways. Once in England, Sach and the boys soon catch on to the smugglers' scheme. Inspector Herbert Saunders, a senior detective of Scotland Yard, accuses Sach and his gang of being the smugglers.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

• Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy "Sach" Jones
• Stanley Clements as Stanislaus "Duke" Coveleskie
• David Gorcey as Charles "Chuck" Anderson
• Eddie LeRoy as Blinky

Remaining cast

• Patricia Donahue as Babs DeWitt
• Paul Cavanagh as Inspector Herbert Saunders
• Leonard Penn as Don Clarke
• John Dodsworth as Blake Cummings
• Leslie Denison as Inspector White (uncredited)
• Dick Elliott as Mike Clancy (uncredited)
• Ralph Gamble as Randall (uncredited)
• Pamela Light as girl with French heels (uncredited)
• Owen McGiveney as Dr. Rufus B. Smedley (uncredited)
• Jack Mulhall as the police desk sergeant
• Patrick O'Moore as Reggie (uncredited)
• Ashley Cowan as Bellboy (uncredited)
• Snub Pollard as Scotland Yard Valet (uncredited)
• Norma Varden as Mrs. Smythe-Chumley, owner of dog Madeline (uncredited)

Production

The Bowery Boys features had traditionally been released seasonally, with a new film reaching theaters every three months. After producer Ben Schwalb moved on to other projects, the studio decided to cancel the series altogether, but Huntz Hall still had two films remaining on his contract. The studio assigned former film editor Richard Heermance to produce these final films, and the reliable William Beaudine to direct them quickly. It was a sudden, rushed ending for the unusually long-running series: both Up in Smoke and On the Make (released as In the Money) were filmed back-to-back in late August and early September of 1957. Allied Artists then demolished its long-standing "Bowery street" on the studio backlot, replacing it with a western street. ^[2]

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Four" on August 26, 2014.

References

1. Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. p. 159. ISBN   978-0806509310.
2. Hollywood Reporter, "Westward Bound," October 11, 1957, p. 3.

External links

• In the Money at IMDb
• In the Money at AllMovie
• In the Money at the TCM Movie Database
• In the Money at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Preceded by Up in Smoke 1957	'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958	Succeeded by None