| Let's Go Navy! | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Written by | Max Adams Bert Lawrence |
| Produced by | Jan Grippo |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey William Benedict |
| Cinematography | Marcel LePicard |
| Edited by | William Austin |
| Music by | Edward J. Kay |
| Production company | Monogram Pictures |
| Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 68 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Let's Go Navy! is a 1951 comedy film starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on July 29, 1951, by Monogram Pictures and is the twenty-third film in the series.
Plot
A local charity has raised sixteen hundred dollars and entrusted the boys with it. They are then robbed of the cash by two men dressed as sailors. Believing them to be real sailors, and in order to catch them, they enlist in the Navy under fake names. They spend a year at sea, but cannot locate the thieves. However, Sach is able to win two thousand dollars gambling and the boys return to the Bowery. It is there that they are robbed by the same two men, but with their CPO Longnecker helping, they are able to capture the crooks. They return to the navy office to receive their commendations, but are mistakenly re-enlisted!
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
- Buddy Gorman as Butch
Remaining cast
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Allen Jenkins as Chief Petty Officer Mervin Longnecker
- Tom Neal as Joe
- Charlita as Princess Papoola
- Richard Benedict as Red
- Paul Harvey as Lieutenant Commander O. Tannen
- Jonathan Hale as Captain
- Emory Parnell as Police Sergeant Mulloy
- Douglas Evans as Lieutenant Smith
- Ray Walker as Lt. Bradley
- Frank Jenks as Shell game sailor
Production
This is the final Bowery Boys film to feature Buddy Gorman; beginning with the next film in the series, Bennie Bartlett rejoined the group. It is also the last one produced by Jan Grippo, who left the series after his wife died.
The movie was written by Leonard Stern under the pseudonym Max Adams. After co-writing Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town with Martin Ragaway, Stern wanted to try his hand at writing a feature on his own. When he finally got the assignment for Let's Go Navy! he adopted the pseudonym because he "wasn't particularly proud of doing a Bowery Boy ".
Home media
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Two" on April 9, 2013.
References
- Hayes, David (1982). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.
- Writers Guild Foundation, (video; starts at 9:20 minutes). "The Writer Speaks: Leonard Stern (interview)". Youtube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
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External links
- Let's Go Navy! at IMDb
- Let's Go Navy! at the TCM Movie Database
- Let's Go Navy! at AllMovie
- Let's Go Navy! at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
| Preceded byGhost Chasers 1951 |
'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 |
Succeeded byCrazy Over Horses 1951 |
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