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Block Busters

Block Busters

Muggs must fight a new French kid who has just moved into the neighborhood.

1944 1h 0mComedy

Muggs, Glimpy and the rest of the Kids set about to Americanize affable young French refugee Jean Rogers. But after a disastrous baseball game, Jean is chased out of the neighborhood and told not to return.

4.0/5

TMDB score· 1 votes

Synopsis

Muggs, Glimpy and the rest of the Kids set about to Americanize affable young French refugee Jean Rogers. But after a disastrous baseball game, Jean is chased out of the neighborhood and told not to return.

The vibe

east side kids

Behind it

Wallace FoxWallace FoxDirectorHouston BranchWriter

Cast

Leo GorceyLeo GorceyMuggs McGinnis
Huntz HallHuntz HallGlimpy
Gabriel DellGabriel DellSkinny
William BenedictWilliam BenedictButch
Fred PresselJean
Jimmy StrandDanny
Bill ChaneyTobey
Roberta SmithJinx
Noah BeeryNoah BeeryJudge
Harry LangdonHarry LangdonHiggins
Minerva UrecalMinerva UrecalAmelia Rogiet
Jack GilmanBatter
Kay MarvisKay MarvisIrma
Tom HerbertMeyer
Bernard GorceyBernard GorceyLippman
Charles Murray Jr.Umpire
Jimmie NooneJimmy Noone
Robert F. HillDoctor (uncredited)

Director

Wallace Fox

Writer

Houston Branch

Release date

22 Jul 1944

Runtime

1h 0m

Studio

Monogram Pictures, Banner Productions

Language

English

Country

United States of America

East Side Kids Collection

The East Side Kids movie series

East Side Kids

After living all his childhood in the street, a young boy rapidly notices that crime doesn't pay, leading him to become a policeman. One day, one of his best friends goes to prison for a murder he didn't commit. The policeman tries his best to release the friend by proving his innocence.

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East Side Kids

1940

Boys of the City

Street kids get sent to the country, where they get mixed up in murder and a haunted house.

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Boys of the City

1940

That Gang of Mine

A street kid has dreams of becoming a jockey. He gets his chance when he and his gang discover a poor old man who has a championship race horse. The man agrees to let the boy ride his horse in a race, but first the gang must get enough money to pay for the race's entry fees.

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That Gang of Mine

1940

Pride of the Bowery

Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with other campers. He also becomes involved in trying to help one of his friends get out of trouble.

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Pride of the Bowery

1940

Flying Wild

A group of young men who work at an aviation factory begin to suspect that a doctor who runs an air ambulance service is secretly a spy transporting secret information from the plant to enemy agents.

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Bowery Blitzkrieg

The East Side Kids discover that one of their own, Danny, is torn between staying in school and becoming a boxer, and is getting mixed up with gangsters.

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1941

Spooks Run Wild

A group of delinquents on their way to summer camp get stuck in a haunted house.

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Spooks Run Wild

1941

Mr. Wise Guy

The gang is sent to the Wilton Reform School after they are unjustly convicted of stealing a truck. Bill Collins, brother of co-leader Danny, becomes involved in a killing and, while also innocent, is convicted and sentenced to death. Through a series of events, Muggs, Glimpy, Danny and the rest of the gang, learn that Knobby, a henchman of Luke Manning, knows something about the murder.

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Mr. Wise Guy

1942

Let's Get Tough

Rejected by the Army, Marines, and Navy for being too young, the punks help the war effort by throwing fruit at a shop they believe is owned by a Japanese American. Confronted by him wielding a short sword, the gang decides to come back at night but find him dead.

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Let's Get Tough

1942

Smart Alecks

Danny helps to capture a wanted criminal and receives a $200 reward. However, he has a falling out with the gang when they believe he should share the money with them. Complications ensue when the crook that Danny helped capture escapes from jail and comes looking for him.

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Smart Alecks

1942

'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

The East Side Kids find a young girl in the apartment of a man who has just been murdered. Believing her to be innocent, they hide her in their clubhouse while they try to find the real killer. The killer, however, used a baseball bat as his murder weapon, and the bat has the fingerprints of one of the gang on it.

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'Neath Brooklyn Bridge

1942

Kid Dynamite

The East Side boxing champion Muggs answers a challenge to a fight against the West Side champ but just before the match he is kidnapped. His friend Danny Lyons takes his place and wins the fight, only to have Mugs believe that Danny was responsible for his kidnapping.

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Kid Dynamite

1943

Clancy Street Boys

Muggs' rich Uncle Pete is coming to visit. Unfortunately, Muggs' late father had bragged that he had seven kids, so Muggs recruits the members of the gang to pose as his family. Things turn sour, however, when a local mobster finds out about Muggs' deception and threatens to expose it.

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Clancy Street Boys

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

The East Side Kids try to fix up a house for newlyweds, but find the place next door "haunted" by mysterious men.

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Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Mr. Muggs Steps Out

Ordered by a judge to get a job, Muggs McGinnis is hired by wealthy Mrs. Murray, who has a penchant for picking up trouble-prone servants. At an engagement party for Mrs. Murray's spoiled daughter Brenda, Muggs enlists his pals as extra help.

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Mr. Muggs Steps Out

1943

Million Dollar Kid

In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.

3.0

Million Dollar Kid

1944

Follow the Leader

Muggs and Glimpy, two East Side Kids in the army, return to their neighborhood, supposedly on furlough; actually, Muggs has been honorably discharged with a physical defect, but he tells no one of this. Danny, another East Side kid, is in jail because a large amount of medical supplies have been stolen from the warehouse where he works. Muggs see Spider, a new member of the gang, flashing a large amount of money around, and Muggs shrewdly turns toughie, boasting that he has a dishonorable discharge because of thievery. This leads Spider to confide in Muggs that he is the one who has been aiding in the theft of supplies from the warehouse, and he gets paid for the loot by Larry, operator of a nightclub where Muggs' sister, Milly, is an entertainer. Fingers, a henchman for Larry, kills Spider when he learns that Muggs has been let in on the operation. The police then suspect Muggs of killing Spider.

1.9

Follow the Leader

1944

Block Busters

Muggs, Glimpy and the rest of the Kids set about to Americanize affable young French refugee Jean Rogers. But after a disastrous baseball game, Jean is chased out of the neighborhood and told not to return.

4.0

Block Busters

1944

Bowery Champs

Copy boys Muggs and Glimpy investigate a murder. They locate the ex-wife of the murdered man and become convinced she is innocent. They hide her from the police while they investigate.

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Bowery Champs

1944

Docks of New York

The East Side Kids are pursued by killers seeking a stolen necklace.

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Docks of New York

1945

Mr. Muggs Rides Again

After having been framed by gamblers, Muggs is barred from riding in horse races. Snce he can no longer race, he takes up a collection so Ma Brown, who owns the horses won't have her stable foreclosed on. However, one of the gamblers involved in the frame falls for Ma Brwn's daughter, and decides to come clean and confess to the police about the frame. The other gamblers hear about it and set out to shut him up and discredit Muggs and Ma Brown once and for all.

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Mr. Muggs Rides Again

1945

Come Out Fighting

The police commissioner asks some local street kids to toughen up his ballet-loving son.

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Come Out Fighting

1945

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