Looking for Danger

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Looking for Danger
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Directed by Austen Jewell
Written by Edward Bernds (story)
Elwood Ullman (screenplay and story)
Produced by Ben Schwalb
Starring Huntz Hall
Stanley Clements
David Gorcey
Jimmy Murphy
Eddie LeRoy
Dick Elliott
Lili Kardell
Cinematography Harry Neumann
Edited by William Austin
Music by Marlin Skiles
Production
company
Distributed byAllied Artists Pictures
Release date
  • October 6, 1957 (1957-10-06)
Running time
62 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Looking for Danger is a 1957 American comedy film directed by Austen Jewell and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. [1] The film was released on October 6, 1957 by Allied Artists and is the forty-sixth film in the series.

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Plot

Duke recounts the days of when he and the rest of the Bowery Boys served in World War II. During the war, the boys' sergeant, who gets fed up with Duke and Sach, gladly gives them the duties of a suicide mission. The duo goes under cover as German soldiers to deliver a message to a sultan.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Remaining cast

Cast notes

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Three" on October 1, 2013.

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References

  1. Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. p. 156. ISBN   978-0806509310.
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1946–1958
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