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Synopsis: When their friend Danny loses his job and faces jailtime over $200 in missing money, Sach and Duke attempt to help him by entering one of Sach's photos in a newspaper contest. They learn the contest is already over, but the city editor offers them an opportunity to earn the money by photographing New York gangster Frankie Arbo and learning more about his criminal activities.  Who's in it? The movie stars Huntz Hall , Stanley Clements , Adele Jergens , Thomas Browne Henry and Queenie Smith . Review: I came across Fighting Trouble about a week ago and added it to my library knowing it was one of the later Bowery Boys movies, post Leo Gorcey , and was interested in seeing how the film was. Overall, I think I'd describe it as not being one of my favorites but also an OK comedy. I think, even by the later films that still had Gorcey, the whole Bowery Boys description was there for name recognition only. Hall was clearly the breakout star with Gorcey falling into mo...

Synopsis: When Sach delivers a sandwich to a hotel lobby, a guest at the front desk offers him a job escorting a poodle to London and is offered nearly $3000 as advanced payment. The rest of the Bowery Boys, believing the deal is too good to be true, stowaway on the boat to look after him. It's a good thing they did too, as it turns out, the dog is being used to smuggle stolen diamonds and Sach is about to get into trouble with the Scotland Yard. Who's in it? The movie stars Huntz Hall , Stanley Clements , Patricia Donahue , David Gorcey and Paul Cavanagh. Review: I wound up watching In the Money this morning despite having quite a few doubts about it. After all, I've never been a die-hard Bowery Boys fan and this film, the last in the franchise, didn't even have the underappreciated Leo Gorcey in it. As it turns out, however, this wound up being my favorite of the Bowery Boys movies I've seen. I think the thing I liked most about this film is it corrected one ...