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Jungle Gents

  • 1954
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  • 1h 4m
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5.8/10
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Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, and Laurette Luez in Jungle Gents (1954)
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When the boys discover that Sach has a strange ability to sniff out diamonds, they hatch a scheme to make money out of it.When the boys discover that Sach has a strange ability to sniff out diamonds, they hatch a scheme to make money out of it.When the boys discover that Sach has a strange ability to sniff out diamonds, they hatch a scheme to make money out of it.

  • Director
    • Edward Bernds
  • Writers
    • Elwood Ullman
    • Edward Bernds
  • Stars
    • Leo Gorcey
    • Huntz Hall
    • Bernard Gorcey
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.8/10
    388
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    • Director
      • Edward Bernds
    • Writers
      • Elwood Ullman
      • Edward Bernds
    • Stars
      • Leo Gorcey
      • Huntz Hall
      • Bernard Gorcey
    • 14User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Leo Gorcey
    Leo Gorcey
    • 'Slip' Mahoney
    Huntz Hall
    Huntz Hall
    • 'Sach' Jones
    Bernard Gorcey
    Bernard Gorcey
    • Louie Dumbrowsky
    Laurette Luez
    Laurette Luez
    • Anatta
    Patrick O'Moore
    Patrick O'Moore
    • Alfie Grimshaw
    Rudolph Anders
    Rudolph Anders
    • Dr. Goebel
    Harry Cording
    Harry Cording
    • Dan Shanks
    David Gorcey
    David Gorcey
    • Chuck
    • (as David Condon)
    Benny Bartlett
    Benny Bartlett
    • Butch
    • (as Bennie Bartlett)
    Emory Parnell
    Emory Parnell
    • Police Capt. Daly
    Murray Alper
    Murray Alper
    • Fats Lomax
    • (uncredited)
    Pat Flaherty
    Pat Flaherty
    • Officer Cady
    • (uncredited)
    Joel Fluellen
    Joel Fluellen
    • Rangori
    • (uncredited)
    Wesley Gale
    • Native
    • (uncredited)
    Roy Glenn
    Roy Glenn
    • Omotowa
    • (uncredited)
    John Harmon
    • Harmes
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Lewis
    • Native
    • (uncredited)
    Emil Sitka
    Emil Sitka
    • Boat Crewman
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Edward Bernds
    • Writers
      • Elwood Ullman
      • Edward Bernds
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    2wes-connors

    A Funny Thing Didn't Happen on the Way to the Jungle

    After a diamond heist, Huntz Hall (as Sach Jones) sniffs out some booty, which leads police to believe he's an accomplice. Actually, pill-popping Mr. Hall has acquired the power to smell the presence of diamonds; then, he is released. To wit, leader Leo Gorcey (as Slip Mahoney) decides to take Hall and "Bowery Boys" David "Condon" Gorcey (as Chuck) and Benny "Bennie" Bartlett (as Butch) to the "dark condiment" of Africa. There, they search for a fortune in lost diamonds, and mingle with natives…

    "The Bowery Boys" and "Africa" do not mix. A good rest would have been preferable to this moronic, cheap, and clammy movie. The "lion scenes" are startlingly ineffective - look at them for an example of what NOT to try on a small budget. Gorcey appears alternately tired and angry. Hall is stuck with absolutely humorless material. Curvy Laurette Luez plays a luscious jungle girl in modest one-piece, Woody Strode collects a paycheck, and Clint ("Cheyenne") Walker has a memorable film cameo debut as "Tarzan", just before the curtain closes on "Jungle Gents".

    ** Jungle Gents (9/5/54) Edward Bernds ~ Huntz Hall, Leo Gorcey, Bernard Gorcey
    10curly-17

    Sach has a Nose for diamonds (the diamonds don't stand a chance)...

    A lot of the Bowery Boys movies had the theme that Sach discovered a new power-- whether a K.O. punch in the boxing ring, or a wonderful singing voice, etc. In this film, Sach develops the power to "smell" diamonds! (Sach got it from taking a new antibiotic, "Striptopifficin" 50,000 micrograms, for a sinus "infatuation.") When a jewel thief runs into Louie's Sweet Shop, and tries to hide some stolen diamonds from a policeman, Sach sniffs out the loot-- "a king's transom" of diamonds, as Slip says. So the Boys decide to sniff out diamonds in Africa. Actually, they spend a lot of time on a sound stage with trees and tropical plants, and look at mis-matched stock footage of the Serengeti Plain (sort of like an episode of "Ramar of the Jungle"). They hack through a steaming jungle, where the temperature is 130 degrees "centipede." Sach meets beautiful jungle girl Anatta (Laurette Luez), with the same beauty salon hairdo, eye shadow and lipstick she had as Tigri in "Prehistoric Women" (1950). She wants to "Kiss, kiss, kiss" Sach (who said these movies make sense)? The Boys are captured by a hostile tribe, and the witch doctor wants to shrink everyone's head (except Sach's). Slip bemoans, "I don't know one place in New York City that sells 1-and-7/8 size hats!" Will they escape? Will they find the diamonds? Will they ever see the Bowery and Louie's Sweet Shop again? Watch the movie and enjoy!

    A Bowery Boys movie, written by Edward Bernds and Elwood Ullman. It doesn't get any better than this. And if you don't think this movie has one of their prettiest guest stars in Laurette Luez, you should get your eyes examined by an "octopus" (oculist).
    4bkoganbing

    Diamond Bloodhound

    If as Carol Channing and Marilyn Monroe sang that Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend than it would have been in Lorelei's interest to befriend Huntz Hall because in Jungle Gents a sinus operation has left Sach with a nose that can smell where diamonds are located. What to do with that but go to Africa and do a little prospecting.

    The whole Bowery Boys gang including Bernard Gorcey who once again leaves Louie's Sweet Shop to accompany Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall and the rest to the Dark Continent. Of course diamonds already mined and out of the ground are easier to find which leads the boys into contact with some smugglers played by Patrick O'Moore and Rudolph Anders.

    Really at this point the series was sliding downhill. How many more plots can they have where Huntz Hall develops some strange power that gets them all in a jackpot?
    Michael_Elliott

    Bowery Boys #35

    Jungle Gents (1954)

    ** (out of 4)

    The Bowery Boys head to Africa after its learned that Sach (Huntz Hall) has the ability to smell diamonds. Once in Africa they must battle natives, lions and of course some bad guys who want to steal the diamonds. By the time this entry came along it was doubtful anyone was expecting any type of classic and a classic is exactly what we don't get. JUNGLE GENTS isn't the worst film in the series but at the same time you can tell that the writers started to aim at a lower type of comedy meant to appeal to those under the age of ten. I don't mind that the series is working away from some of the darker entries but at the same time I found much of the humor to just be downright silly and not in a good way. There's a lot of added sound effects, which were clearly being "borrowed" from the Three Stooges shorts but they don't work here. Even Hall is a lot more animated with his facial gestures and they too don't get any laughs. The film contains a lot of stock footage from the BOMBA series and this includes various shots of the wild life. One of the most embarrassing moments in the film is also perhaps the funniest and it's when Sach and Slip are in a tent sleeping an a lion walks in on them. There's some footage of a real lion but then it switches to a fake one and this fake lion is without question the worst prop I've seen from a movie in God knows how long. If you've seen any of pre-1920 versions of THE WIZARD OF OZ you will see that the lion, as expected, is played by a man in costume but you also have humans playing horses and various other animals. Those outfits looked a lot more realistic that the fake lion here but what happens with the boys at least made me laugh. Gorcey must have paid the writers a few extra bucks because his mangled words are faster and happening at a higher rate than the previous entries. Hall and Gorcey are both in the right mood and deliver a few nice moments. Bernard Gorcey is on hand as usual as is Woody Strode in a few scenes. Clint Walker nearly steals the film with a hilarious bit at the end. The thirty-fifth entry in this series isn't one of the best but it' s fast moving enough to where fans will want to watch it.
    7vespatian75

    It made laugh.

    Since I've reviewed a couple of Grade B Jungle Movies I'll try my hand at this one. I liked it a lot. The Gorceys and Huntz Hall always cracked me up. I regard this as one of their better late outings. Leo Gorcey's malaprops are there in all their glory. My favorite, "Africa, the dark condiment". Louie Dombrowski (Leo's dad Bernard in real life) from the sweet shop bringing his luggage on safari, jungle girl Laurette Luez' ridiculous fight with the stuffed lion to save Satch, most of all the wonderful chemistry between Slip Mahoney (Leo) and Satch(Hall). The thing moves. It doesn't let you think. They paid attention to little things, particularly casting. Laurette Luez is a vision as the Jungle Girl Onata and Clint Walker's cameo as a Tarzan type is priceless. Too bad they didn't make a real Tarzan movie with those two in the lead. Also look for the great Woody Strode as one of the native bearers. Apparently not all of the reviewers were crazy about the flick. It's a matter of taste, but it certainly works for me for me.

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      Feature film debut of Clint Walker.
    • Quotes

      'Slip' Mahoney: Sach's doctor give him those pills - for a sinus infatuation.

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      Featured in 100 Years of Comedy (1997)

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    • Release date
      • September 5, 1954 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cavalheiros da Selva
    • Filming locations
      • Monogram/Allied Artists Studios - 1725 Fleming Street, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Allied Artists Pictures
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      • 1h 4m(64 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White

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