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Follow the Leader

FOLLOW 'EM FOR FUN...and Thrills Aplenty While the Kids Put a Hoodoo on the Hoodlums!
Jun 3, 1944 · 1h 5m
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PLOT

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.

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CAST

Leo Gorcey
Muggs McGinnis
Huntz Hall
Glimpy Freedhoff
Gabriel Dell
W.W. "Fingers" Belmont
Joan Marsh
Milly McGinnis
Jack La Rue
Larry
Bryant Washburn
Colonel
William Benedict
Spider O'Brien
David Durand
Danny
Directed by William Beaudine

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$85,000
Revenue
—
Production
Banner Productions
Country
US

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