Pride of the Bowery

(1943)

Comedy / Crime / Drama

61 minutes

Directed by Joseph H. Lewis

Cast: Dead End Kids / East Side Kids

Leo Gorcey as Muggs Maloney
Bobby Jordan as Danny
Kenneth Howell as Allen
Mary Ainslee as Elaine White
Bobby Stone as Willie
Donald Haines as Skinny
David Gorcey as Peewee
Ernest 'Sunshine Sammy' Morrison as Scruno
Kenneth Harlan as Captain Jim White
Nick Stuart as Thumb Butte Ranger
Lloyd Ingraham as Camp Doctor

Muggs is tired of training for the Golden Gloves in a rundown old gym. His manager, Danny, sends him to an upstate training camp that turns out to be a Civilian Conservation Corps camp. Needing the money, and deciding to use the work to get into better shape, Muggs stays at the camp even though his street tough attitude earns him no friends. Later, however, he shows a depth of character that really impresses the camp's commandant as well as his daughter. Will Muggs live up to their new expectations or show himself to be just a punch-happy fighter?