After a punch in the nose, Sach gains the ability to read minds, so Slip and the gang take on a detective agency to try cashing in on Sach's new power.After a punch in the nose, Sach gains the ability to read minds, so Slip and the gang take on a detective agency to try cashing in on Sach's new power.After a punch in the nose, Sach gains the ability to read minds, so Slip and the gang take on a detective agency to try cashing in on Sach's new power.
William 'Bill' Phillips
- Soapy
- (as William Phillips)
David Gorcey
- Chuck
- (as David Condon)
Benny Bartlett
- Butch
- (as Bennie Bartlett)
Michael Jeffers
- Parent
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaThe thirty-second of forty-eight Bowery Boys movies released from 1946 to 1958.
- GoofsAt 1:02:45, the Bowery Boys Club is misspelled as "Bowery Boy's Club." (To be fair, it could be deliberate. The guys aren't exactly Harvard graduates.)
- Quotes
Terrence Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney: Louie, I depreciate the fact that you're so tolerable.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Paris Playboys (1954)
- SoundtracksThe Gangs All Here
(uncredited)
Melody by Arthur Sullivan
Featured review
middlin episode of bowery boys
Kind of in the middle of all the bowery boy films, Private Eyes has the usual cast of Satch (Hall), Slip (Leo Gorcey), Gorcey's real dad, and Gorcey's real brother. When Satch gets whacked in the head, he gets mind reading powers, and once they realize this, the gang tries to figure out how they can capitalize on it. they set up as detectives, and when they get a cute, young, blonde customer, she leaves before they can even get her name. it was actress Joyce Holden, who didn't stick around hollywood too long; she only stuck around another couple years after making this one. The blonde is Myra Hagen, and she has been kidnapped by the mob. so now the gang is also caught up with the mob. and Huntz Hall in drag. even bob hope and bing crosby occasionally did drag. Directed by Ed Bernds, who would be nominated for ANOTHER bowery boys film High Society... (not to be confused with the high society that was a terrible remake of Philadelphia Story.) Bernds had made TONS of films with the Three Stooges and Bowery Boys, so he certainly was a pro at comedy and timing. At one point, Slip smacks all three of the other guys across the face at once, in PERFECT three stooges fashion! this is a perfectly good (silly) chapter in the bowery boys arc, so if you like em, you'll like this one.
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- Apr 5, 2020
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- Runtime1 hour 4 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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