Million Dollar Kid

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Iris Adrian, William 'Billy' Benedict, Louise Currie, Gabriel Dell, Leo Gorcey, and Huntz Hall in Million Dollar Kid (1944)

In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.In ridding the area of muggers, the East Side Boys acquire a wealthy benefactor whose privileged son, unbeknownst to him, has fallen in with thugs.

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Leo Gorcey

Muggs McGinnis

Huntz Hall

Glimpy McClosky

Gabriel Dell

Lefty

William 'Billy' Benedict

Skinny
(as Billy Benedict)

Louise Currie

Louise Cortland

Noah Beery

Captain Mathews
(as Noah Beery Sr.)

Iris Adrian

Maisie Dunbar

Herbert Heyes

John H. Cortland
(as Herbert Hayes)

Robert Greig

Spevin - Cortland's Butler
(as Robert Grieg)

Johnny Duncan

Roy Cortland
(as Johnnie Duncan)

Stanley Brown

Lt. Andre Dupree

Patsy Moran

Mrs. McClosky

Mary Gordon

Mrs. McGinnis

Al Stone

Herbie

David Durand

Danny
(as Dave Durand)

Jimmy Strand

Pinkie

Buddy Gorman

Stinkie
(as Bud Gorman)

Pat Costello

Spike

Director
- Wallace Fox
Writer
- Frank H. Young
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Trivia
The Press and Pictorial Department of the Office of Censorship disapproved this picture for export because of its bad portrayal of America, citing the mugging scene, a rich boy participating in crime for excitement and poor police work.

Goofs
David Durand, Jimmy Strand and Buddy Gorman are billed on-screen as Danny, Pinkie and Stinkie respectively, but when Muggs introduces them to Louise, they're called Dave, Lou and Slug. Durand is called "Dave" also in another scene.

Quotes
Glimpy McClosky: I'm not stupid!
Muggs McGinnis: No, you're not stupid, you just suffer from a shortage of corrugations on the cerebellum.
Glimpy McClosky: [oblivious] Oh, that's different.

Connections
Featured in Film Breaks: The Dead End Kids (1999)

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6/10

Reforming A Rich Kid

The East Side Kids save millionaire Herbert Hayes from a mugging and in gratitude he allows them the use of a gymnasium he put in his mansion. There Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the rest of the gang prove to be handy friends to have for Hayes and his whole family. They expose a fortune hunting phony who is looking to marry daughter Louise Currie and also save younger son Johnny Duncan from the criminal crowd he's starting to run with.

It's the East Side Kids with Monogram pictures so of course don't expect Citizen Kane. Still it's a reasonably entertaining outing for the East Side urchins.

Look for a very funny performance from Iris Adrian who helps the boys expose fortune hunter Stanley Brown. Also for one of the few times in his career, Noah Beery, Sr. is a good guy as the understanding police captain.