Master Minds (1949 film)
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Theatrical poster to Master Minds
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Directed by | Jean Yarbrough |
Produced by | Jan Grippo |
Written by | Charles Marion |
Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall Gabriel Dell David Gorcey William Benedict |
Music by | Edward J. Kay |
Cinematography | Marcel LePicard |
Edited by | William Austin |
Distributed by | Monogram Pictures |
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Running time
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64 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Master Minds is a 1949 comedy film by Monogram Pictures.[1] It is the sixteenth film in The Bowery Boys series.
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Plot
Sach has eaten too much candy, which gives him a toothache that allows him to predict the future. Slip and Gabe come up with an idea to make money from this and put him in a sideshow carnival. A mad scientist sees Sach's photo in the newspaper and reads about his ability. He visits the carnival where after seeing Sach in action he decides to kidnap him so he can transfer his brain into the brain of Atlas, a Frankenstein type humanoid creature.
The boys attempt to rescue Sach, but are captured themselves. Meanwhile Sach and Atlas have had their brains swapped temporarily and Louie has arrived in the hopes of rescuing all of them. He dons a knight's armor and temporarily outwits the scientists, but is eventually captured as well. However, the police, who Louie tried to alert earlier, arrive and arrest the scientists. Slip then tries to put Sach back on display at the carnival, but Sach says he no longer has a toothache because he swallowed it.
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
- Bennie Bartlett as Butch
Remaining cast
- Gabriel Dell as Gabe Moreno
- Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
- Alan Napier as Dr. Druzik
- Skelton Knaggs as Hugo
- Glenn Strange as Atlas
- William Yetter as Otto
- Jane Adams as Nancy Marlowe
Production
Bennie Bartlett temporarily left the series after this film. He would be replaced by Buddy Gorman for the next seven films.
Released after Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein, the tagline "The Bowery Boys Meet the Monster" is used in the film's trailer, but that title was not used until the 1954 film. The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters
Release
The film was released by Monogram Pictures on November 29, 1949.[2]
Home media
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume One" on November 23, 2012.
References
External links
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Master Minds at IMDb
- Master Minds at the TCM Movie Database
- Master Minds at AllMovie
- Master Minds at the American Film Institute Catalog
Preceded by
Angels in Disguise
1949 |
'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958 |
Succeeded by Blonde Dynamite 1950 |
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- 1940s American films
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s monster movies
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- American black-and-white films
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- American monster movies
- Bowery Boys films
- Films directed by Jean Yarbrough
- Mad scientist films
- Monogram Pictures films
- English-language comedy horror films