1953 Allied Artists
Clipped Wings is a 1953 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on August 14, 1953, by Allied Artists and is the thirty-first film in the series.
PLOT:
The boys' friend, Dave Moreno, is being held for treason by the U.S. Air Force. Slip and Sach go to headquarters to help Dave, but mistakenly enlist. Sach is also mistakenly assigned to a WAF barracks. When the boys finally do visit Dave he tells them he does not need help, as he is secretly being used to capture enemy agents. Undeterred by Dave's words, the boys continue to investigate and Slip and Sach wind up airborne. Good luck allows them to land safely, just where the spies are hiding out. They capture the spies and Dave's true mission is revealed.
THE BOWERY BOYS:
Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
David Gorcey as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams
ADDITIONAL CAST:
Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
Todd Karns as Lt. Dave Moreno
Lyle Talbot as Capt. Blair
PRODUCTION:
In a prime example of product placement the "Atomic Jet" amusement coin-operated ride from Nat Cohn's Riteway Sales that appeared in the film and advertising material was offered to be installed in every theatre that showed Clipped Wings.
Last of four "Bowery Boys" films where the gang joins a branch of the U.S. military. The other three are Bowery Battalion (1951), Let's Go Navy! (1951), and Here Come the Marines (1952).
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