Master Minds
| Master Minds | |
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 Theatrical poster to Master Minds | |
| Directed by | Jean Yarbrough |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Written by | Charles Marion |
| Starring |
Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell David Gorcey William Benedict |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Cinematography | Marcel LePicard |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 64 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Master Minds is a comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on November 29, 1949 by Monogram Pictures and is the sixteenth film in the series.
Plot
Sach, after eating too much candy develops a toothache which allows him to predict the future. Slip and Gabe come up with an idea to make money off of this and put him in a side show carnival. A mad scientist sees Sach's photo in the newspaper and reads about his ability and decides to visit the carnival. After seeing Sach in action he decides to kidnap him so he can transfer his brain into the brain of Atlas, a humanoid creature.
The boys attempt to rescue Sach, but are captured themselves. Meanwhile Sach and Atlas have had their brains swapped temporarily and Louie has arrived in the hopes of rescuing all of them. He dons a knight's armor and temporarily outwits the scientists, but is eventually captured as well. However, the police, who Louie tried to alert earlier, arrive and arrest the scientists. Slip then tries to put Sach back on display at the carnival, but Sach says he no longer has a toothache...because he swallowed it!
Cast
The Bowery Boys
- Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
- Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
- William Benedict as Whitey
- David Gorcey as Chuck
- Bennie Bartlett as Butch
Remaining cast
- Gabriel Dell as Gabe Moreno
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Skelton Knaggs as Hugo
- Glenn Strange as Atlas
- Alan Napier as Dr. Druzik
- William Yetter as Otto
- Jane Adams as Nancy Marlowe
Production
Bennie Bartlett temporarily left the series after this film. He would be replaced by Buddy Gorman for the next seven films.
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
- Master Minds on IMDb
| Preceded by Angels in Disguise 1949 |
'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 |
Succeeded by Blonde Dynamite 1950 |