Movie Description
Bowery Boy
(1940)Overview
Dr. Tom O'Hara takes over a public clinic in New York's desperately poor Bowery section. Boy gangleader Sock Dolan resents Tom's interference in moving Sock's kid brother to a hospital, because Sock blames hospitals for his mother's death. Sock helps racketeer J.R. Mason sell food to the clinic, unaware that Mason sells cheap and often tainted food. When a number of patients, including Sock's brother, become ill from food poisoning, Sock is kidnapped by Mason to keep him silent. Dr. O'Hara must find a way to rescue Sock and stop Mason's contamination of hospital food supplies.
Featured Crew
- Director : William Morgan
- Producer : Armand Schaefer
- Editor : Edward Mann
- Cast : Dennis O'Keefe,Louise Campbell,Jimmy Lydon,Helen Vinson,Roger Pryor,Jack Carr,William Benedict
Cast
Dr. Tom O'Hara
Anne Cleary
Sock Dolan
Peggy Winters
J. R. Mason
Flops
(uncredited)
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Facts
Original TitleBowery Boy
Status Released
Release Information
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1940-12-28
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 00h 53m
Production CompaniesRepublic Pictures
Genres
- Crime
