Product Details

• Actors: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Bernard Gorcey, Renie Riano, Todd Karns
• Directors: Edward Bernds
• Writers: Charles R. Marion, Elwood Ullman
• Producers: Ben Schwalb
• Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 1, 1998
• Run Time: 65 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302328047
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #182,576 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

After their success on Broadway, the 'Dead End Kids' were recruited by Hollywood. Eventually these young kids from the streets of New York became bonified celebrities, known as the 'Bowery Boys' and starred in over 50 films and serials. In this film the boys are accompanied by the comedy duo of Leo Gorcye and Huntz Hall. The combination of gangster melodrama and slapstick scenarios makes this Bowery Boys series a favorite for young and old alike.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Leo and Huntz end up in the Air Force by mistake., March 29, 2004

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James McDonald (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bowery Boys: Clipped Wings [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is the 31 rst film in the Bowery Boys film series. For this review, I will list the approx. age of the Bowery Boys. Leo Gorcey 38, Huntz hall 33, David Gorcey 32 Bennie Bartlett 33. Bernard Gorcey's (Leo and david's father) plays "Louie". The gang believes their friend Dave (Todd Karns) who is in the U.S. Air Force and came to down to visit, may be in some trouble he can not get out of. So Leo and Huntz go to the Allen Air Force Base to visit Dave. When they get there, Leo wants to go where he thinks its the right location to see Dave, but they end up in the recruiting station. A beatiful lady sargeant asks them to fill out the forms. Then they under go tests. They think its odd to be going through all this just to visit Dave. The lady Sargeant tells them this is just a routine examination to be a "rookie". Boy, they know the word "rookie". They know their goose is cooked. Some how Huntz ends up in the ladies barracks.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Who let that guy out without a muzzle?", June 17, 2007

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Samantha Glasser "Maliejandra" (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bowery Boys: Clipped Wings [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The Bowery Boys are at it again, this time winding up enlisted! Sach (Huntz Hall) and Slip (Leo Gorcey) hear that a friend is in the military, so they go to his base to visit him. They are told that they can enter, but they have to sign up for the army. The information goes in one ear and out the other; the boys just want to see their friend. They wind up signing papers, confused as to why it takes so long just to visit. Soon, they're causing all sorts of problems for the Air Force, and the USA wishes they hadn't tricked the boys into joining!

Despite their b-movie history, this film reads like a first rate comedy. The camera work is solid and it seems the budget was much higher than in other films. The special effects aren't always perfect, but they aren't laughable either. The cast is great as always, although it seems Gorcey is showing signs of age. Hall doesn't let him forget that he's getting fat, but Gorcey's drinking luckily hasn't yet gotten to his quick wit. There are plenty of great one-liners here supplemented by the characters' obvious stupidity. ("What we need now is a heli-cropter.")

Not to be taken seriously, this film is just a bunch of fun great for lightening anyone's mood.