Little Tough Guy (1938)


Plot

Johnny Boylan's father was sentenced to death for a crime that he was never fully proven to have committed. He and his family move to a poorer section of the East Side in New York City. His sister, Kay dances in a burlesque theater after she is fired from her job. Her former fiancé, Paul Wilson, still cares for and wants to help her, but she avoids him out of shame.Johnny tries to enlist his fellow newsboy friends to help prove his father's innocence. They try to convince the judge, but are unsuccessful. In frustration, Johnny tosses a brick through the judge's car window, which begins his life of crime. He enlists his friend "Pig" to help him rob a drugstore. They are subsequently chased by the police and hide out. The cops find them and Pig begs Johnny to surrender. Pig leaves the store and is shot dead by police. Johnny is captured and sent to reform school.

Cast

Dead End Kids
Billy Halop as Johnny Boylan ビリー・ハロップ
Huntz Hall as "Pig" ハンツ・ホール
Gabriel Dell as "String" ガブリエル・デル
Bernard Punsly as "Ape"
David Gorcey as "Sniper" デイヴィッド・ゴーシー
Hally Chester as "Dopey" ハル・チェスター

 Robert Wilcox as Paul Wilson
Helen Parrish as Kay Boylan
Marjorie Main as Mrs. Boylan
Jackie Searl as Cyril Gerrard ジャッキー・サール
Peggy Stewart as Rita Belle
Helen MacKellar as Mrs. Wanamaker
Edward Pawley as Jim Boylan
Olin Howland as Baxter
Pat C. Flick as Peddler

1938年製作「リトルタフガイ」。
デッド・エンド・キッズの一部が出演している。
特筆すべき作品ではないが、映画はパブリックドメインになっているので、自由にネット上で鑑賞できる。

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