Master Minds (1949 film)

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Master Minds
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Theatrical poster to Master Minds
Directed by Jean Yarbrough
Written by Charles Marion
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
Release date
  • November 29, 1949 (1949-11-29)
Running time
64 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Master Minds is a 1949 comedy horror film by Monogram Pictures. [1] It is the sixteenth film in The Bowery Boys series.

Contents

In the film, a man gains the ability of precognition. He uses it perform at a sideshow carnival. He is soon kidnapped by a mad scientist who wants to use him in a brain transplantation experiment. The man's brain is scheduled to be transferred into the scientist's version of Frankenstein's monster.

Plot

Sach has eaten too much candy, which gives him a toothache that allows him to predict the future. Slip and Gabe come up with an idea to make money from this and put him in a sideshow carnival. A mad scientist sees Sach's photo in the newspaper and reads about his ability. He visits the carnival where after seeing Sach in action he decides to kidnap him so he can transfer his brain into the brain of Atlas, a Frankenstein type humanoid creature.

The boys attempt to rescue Sach but are captured themselves. Meanwhile Sach and Atlas have had their brains swapped temporarily and Louie has arrived in the hopes of rescuing all of them. He dons a knight's armor and temporarily outwits the scientists but is eventually captured as well. However, the police, who Louie tried to alert earlier, arrive and arrest the scientists. Slip then tries to put Sach back on display at the carnival, but Sach says he no longer has a toothache because he swallowed it.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Remaining cast

Production

Bennie Bartlett temporarily left the series after this film. He would be replaced by Buddy Gorman for the next seven films.

Released after Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein , the tagline "The Bowery Boys Meet the Monster" is used in the film's trailer, but that title was not used until the 1954 film. The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters

Release

The film was released by Monogram Pictures on November 29, 1949. [2]

Home media

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.

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References

  1. ↑ Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN   978-0806509310.
  2. ↑ "Master Minds". Rotten Tomatoes .
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