''Crazy Over Horses'' is a 1951

comedy film A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending ( black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the o ...

starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on November 18, 1951 by

Monogram Pictures Monogram Pictures Corporation was an American film studio that produced mostly low-budget films between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram was among the smaller studios in ...

and is the twenty-fourth film in the series.

Plot

Louie is owed money by a stable-owner and sends Slip and the boys over to collect the debt. They return with a horse, My Girl, as payment. Local gangsters want the horse and switch their horse, Tarzana, for the gang's horse. They boys discover the ruse and the horses are switched several more times. After the boys finally procure the real My Girl, Sach races her against Tarzana (the gangster's horse) and several others, ending with a photo finish in which My Girl beats Tarzana by a tongue. The gangsters quickly try to leave town before their boss finds them.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

Leo Gorcey Leo Bernard Gorcey (June 3, 1917– June 2, 1969) was an American stage and film actor, famous for portraying the leader of a group of hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, the East Side Kids and, as adults, The Bowery Boys. Gorcey w ...

as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney *

Huntz Hall Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall (August 15, 1920 – January 30, 1999) was an American radio, stage, and movie performer who appeared in the popular " Dead End Kids" movies, including '' Angels with Dirty Faces'' (1938), and in the later " Bower ...

as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones * William Benedict as Whitey * David Gorcey as Chuck (Credited as David Condon) * Bennie Bartlett as Butch

Remaining cast

* Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski *

Gloria Saunders Gloria Ella Saunders (September 29, 1927 – June 4, 1980) was an American actress of film and television, primarily from the late 1940s to 1960. Background Career Saunders acting career began on stage. She was discovered when she performed ...

as Terry Flynn * Ted de Corsia as Duke * Tim Ryan as Mr. Flynn * Allen Jenkins as "Weepin' Willie"

Production

This was the first film that David Gorcey was credited under using his mother's maiden name, Condon. It is also the return of Bennie Bartlett to the gang. This was also the last appearance of William Benedict in the series. Benedict's reason for leaving the series was that "I suddenly decided I had enough, and it was getting a little rough doing 'em - emotionally. There was a lot of infighting going on and I said, 'I don't need this'".Getz, Leonard (2004). From Broadway to the Bowery. Jefferson NC: McFarland and Company, Inc.

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of ''"The Bowery Boys, Volume One"'' on November 23, 2012.

References

External links

* * 1951 comedy films 1951 films American black-and-white films Bowery Boys films Monogram Pictures films Films about horses Films directed by William Beaudine American comedy films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films {{1950s-comedy-film-stub