Hard Boiled Mahoney

Hard Boiled Mahoney

They're tip-top snoopers in the tip-toe racket!

Part of The Bowery Boys Collection

1947•1h 3m•6.4/10

ComedyMysteryCrime

Ratings

🎬TMDb

6.4/10(5)

Sach just lost his job as an assistant to a private detective, but he wasn't paid. Slip goes with him down to the detective's office to demand payment, but finds the office empty. A woman enters the office and mistakes Slip for the detective and convinces him to take on a case to find her sister after offering a $50 retainer.

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Production

Monogram Pictures

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Leo Gorcey

Leo Gorcey

Terence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney

Huntz Hall

Huntz Hall

Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones

Betty Compson

Betty Compson

Selena Webster

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

Gabe

Teala Loring

Teala Loring

Eleanor Williams

William Benedict

William Benedict

Whitey

Bobby Jordan

Bobby Jordan

Bobby

David Gorcey

David Gorcey

Chuck

Bernard Gorcey

Bernard Gorcey

Louie

Dan Seymour

Dr. Armand

Byron Foulger

Byron Foulger

Prof. Quizard

Patti Brill

Patti Brill

Alice

Pierre Watkin

Pierre Watkin

Dr. Rolfe Carter

Danny Beck

Lennie the Meatball

Carmen D'Antonio

Receptionist

Noble Johnson

Noble Johnson

Hasson / Richard

William Ruhl

McGregor - Apartment Manager

Louis Faust

Tom Williams (uncredited)

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