Lucky Losers

1950
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1h 10m

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William 'Billy' Benedict, Hillary Brooke, Bernard Gorcey, Leo Gorcey, Buddy Gorman, Huntz Hall, Lyle Talbot, and Wendy Waldron in Lucky Losers (1950)

To solve the death of a friend, the boys go to gambling school, then go undercover as croupiers in an illegal gambling house.To solve the death of a friend, the boys go to gambling school, then go undercover as croupiers in an illegal gambling house.To solve the death of a friend, the boys go to gambling school, then go undercover as croupiers in an illegal gambling house.

Director
- William Beaudine
Writers
- Charles R. Marion
- Bert Lawrence
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6.3/10

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Director
- William Beaudine
Writers
- Charles R. Marion
- Bert Lawrence
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The console television in McDermott's office is a 1950 Admiral model 39X36 with a 16 inch black and white screen. The right side of the cabinet houses a radio and turntable. Retail price was $499.99, which is the equivalent to a bit over $6,125 in 2022.

Goofs
After Stone's death, all the spinning newspaper banners are printed with "Vol. XLIX, No. 1," even though days pass after the death and investigation. The number would have incremented each day.

Quotes
Slip Mahoney: I'm gonna powder my nose.
Sach Jones: Yeah, but your nose ain't shiny.
Slip Mahoney: Your head'll be shiny if you don't shut up!

Connections
Followed by Triple Trouble (1950)

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Featured review

5/10

Medium-Level Entry In The Series

"Lucky Losers" is too straight-forward to be a memorable Bowery Boys picture, though it does contain a good supporting cast. It's just not wacky enough and it lacks memorable set pieces. The scenes with Louis posing as a rich gambling fool, for example, fall flat. Still, it manages to be quite amusing and the Gorcey-Hall chemistry is as incomparable as ever.

Hillary Brooke is one of the glories of B cinema (although, regrettably, she doesn't have much to do here). Dick Elliott, who plays the drunken conventioneer, would turn up as Mike Clancy in a couple entries at the tail end of the series.