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OPEN CLASSIC CINEMA · 442

Smart Alecks

194267 minUnited States

Comedy Drama Crime

Video edition: YouTube
Original language: English
This copy runs: 65:22
Subtitles: English

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Synopsis

The East Side Kids reject a member who earns money helping bank robbers. Soon afterward, another boy receives a reward for helping capture the same criminals, but his friends mistake his plans for the money as selfishness. Their quarrel leaves them divided when the gangsters return with revenge in mind.

Cast

Leo Gorcey

Mugs

Bobby Jordan

Danny Stevens

Huntz Hall

Glimpy

Gabriel Dell

Hank Salko

Stanley Clements

Stash Salko

Gale Storm

Ruth Stevens

DirectorsWallace Fox

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Leo Gorcey — NBC Radio · Public domain
Bobby Jordan — Film screenshot (Warner Bros.) · Public domain
Huntz Hall — Monogram Pictures · Public domain

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