Product Details

• Actors: Robert Wilcox, Helen Parrish, Marjorie Main, Jackie Searl, Peggy Stewart
• Directors: Harold Young
• Writers: Brenda Weisberg, Gilson Brown
• Producers: Ken Goldsmith
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Alpha Video
• DVD Release Date: July 22, 2003
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000AZT4S
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #117,074 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Dead End Kids: Little Tough Guy" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

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•MPAA Rating: NR
•Format: DVD
•Runtime: 86 minutes

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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Billy Halop leads the pack with little tough guys., February 19, 2004

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James McDonald (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead End Kids: Little Tough Guy (DVD)

It began with Dead End (1937), The boys came from the Broadway play and landed their first starring role togther. After Dead End (1937), First National Pictures picked them up for Crime School [VHS] (1938) and they made many more films for over 20 years until 1958. In 1938, Billy Halop brought along Huntz Hall, Gabriel Dell and Bernard Punsly in Little Tough Guy (1938). This spun off into another film series with a total of nine films for Universal from 1938-1943. They also made film serials for the new Universal: Junior G-Men - Volumes 1 & 2 (Complete Serial) (2-DVD) (1940), Sea Raiders - Volumes 1 & 2 (Complete Serial) (2-DVD) (1941) and Junior G-Men of The Air - Volumes 1 & 2 (Complete Serial) (2-DVD) (1942).
In 1940, Leo Gorcey and Bobby Jordan became The East Side Kids for Monogram Pictures Corp. for 22 films from 1940-1945. Huntz Hall and Gabriel Dell would later join the new gang.
Then in 1946, The East Side Kids became The Bowery Boys and made 48 more films from 1946-1958.
Now back to Billy Halop and Bernard Punsly. They continued with The Dead End Kids with The Little Tough Guys film series until they both said goodbye in MUG TOWN (1943).
Billy Halop continued a film and television career, but getting parts was hard. In between acting jobs, Halop was a chef, electric dryer salesman and in his final years as a male nurse. He would sometime make an appearance as "Bert Munson" in the CBS tv series, "All in the Family" beginning in 1972. His last appearance was broadcast after his death in 1977. In 1976, Billy Halop had a heart attack and passed away ending a 50-year career in show biz that started with radio in the 1920's.
Bernard Punsly's last film ever was MUG TOWN (1943). He became a gynecologist M.D. in Torrence ,California and passed away on January 20, 2004 as the last surviving Dead End Kid. Huntz Hall died January 30, 1999. Marjorie Main, who was in DEAD END (1937), plays the role as Halop's mother in this film. She went on to do THE EGG AND I (1947) as "Ma Kettle" (which spawned into a new film series "Ma & Pa Kettle"). This film, Little Tough Guy is also David Gorcey's (Leo's younger brother) film debut.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LITTLE TOUGH KIDS!!!!!, May 7, 2009

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larryj1 (AZ, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead End Kids: Little Tough Guy (DVD)

The Universal Dead End Kids/Little Tough Guys features are great little films. It's unfortunate that the first film, Little Tough Guys, is the only one readily available. It's the typical story, but I never tire of it. The Alpha DVD print is one their better ones with no splices. The film is complete except that the Universal logo is missing. It would be fantastic if Universal would just put these out in a set.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good film----inferior print, April 4, 2011

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Jersey Devil - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Dead End Kids: Little Tough Guy (DVD)

This review is for the Alpha Video print of "Little Tough Guy." I've been a fan of the Dead End Kids since I was a kid. After their debut in 1937's "Dead End" for Sam Goldwyn they were signed to Warner Brothers where they made their best films like "Angels with Dirty Faces," " They Made Me a Criminal," and "Hell's Kitchen." "Little Tough Guy" marked the beginning of a series of films they made at Universal, with only Billy Halop, Huntz Hall and Bernard Punsley of the original gang making the cut. The film is a good crime drama with the Kids going from street toughs to suited thieves. There is some comedic elements but they are overshadowed by the dramaand dark ending. There are several prints of this film available but none are really good. This one in particular suffers from soundtrack noise and a poor transfer. The right side of the picture is actually clipped off. Hopefully we will someday have a very good print of this fine film but for now I recommend trying a different version than Alpha's inferior print. Film: 4 stars. Print: 2 stars.