Leo gorcey and huntz hall were now called the bowery boys, since the mid 1940s. And like so many others in the 1940s and 1950s, they had to make a film about corruption in the fights. Althought their's will undoubtedly have more humor than (any of) the others. Hollywood star lyle talbot is blinky, the crooked manager, handling the fixed fights. Gorcey's dad bernard is in this one, along with leo's brother david. When slip's friend dies in the ring, they talk johnny into going back into the ring to fight an honest fight, with the winnings going to the dead guy's family. The usual word play and tongue twisting, for humor. It's all in good fun. But of course, the thug managers have more tricks up their sleeves than to just let johnny take the fight without trickery and deceit. Can slip and johnny figure out what happened, and explain it to the commissioner? There's a serious story here, with a minimal amount of silliness and pratfalls in this one. It's good. Totally predictable, but good. Free on tubi streaming. Directed by reginald le borg. He made a bunch of the joe palooka films, and a real mish-mash of other films.
