Mug Town

(1942)

58 minutes

Comedy

Directed by Ray Taylor

starring the Dead End Kids and Little Tough Guys

Cast:

Billy Halop as Tommy Davis 
Huntz Hall as Albert alias Pig
Grace McDonald as Norene Seward
Bernard Punsly as Bertram alias Ape
Gabriel Dell as Edward alias String
Edward Norris as Clinker
Virginia Brissac as Mrs. Bell
Tommy Kelly as Steve Bell 
Dick Hogan as Don Bell
Jed Prouty as Mack Steward
Murray Alper as Shorty
Paul Fix as Marco  

Steve Bell, Tommy, Pig, Ape and String are kicked out of their town and Steve dies after he hops on a freight card while trying to stay clear of the brakeman. The rest of the boys go to Steve’s mother, Alice Bell, where Tommy is provided with a job in the storage garage with Mack Steward who shares ownership of it with Alice. Problems arise when they learn that Steve’s brother Don Bell is working with gangsters and informing them of what can be taken from the garage. Pig, Ape, and String discover the gang plans on framing Tommy for the robbery.