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Released December 20, 1940
Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
Universal
62 min. (Feature Film)

Universal's Dead End Kids, aka The Little Tough Guys (Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Gabe Dell, Bernard Punsly and Bobby Jordan), head south hoping to earn their wings working for Arnold Carter's (Victor Jory) crop dusting business. Carter runs everything on a shoestring, buying used planes and driving his head mechanic Buzz (Shemp Howard) to keep them in the air, safe or unsafe. Pilot Tex (Milburn "Doc" Stone) befriends the kids, but is soon a victim of Carter's methods. General manager Mr. York (Wallace Ford) rides the kids hard, teaching them to be responsible pilots, despite themselves and Carter. Aviation authorities crack down on Carter, which threatens his contracts with the local farmers, so he cons one of the kids to take an action that leads to tragedy.

Shemp's character of Buzz is one part comic relief... and another part good-hearted friend (and smarter than he seems) to the Dead End Kids, York, and Carter's secretary Julie (Anne Gwynne).

The fish fry musicians are The Jimmy Wakely Trio: Jimmy Wakely, Johnny Bond and Dick Reinhart.

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Avg. Rating: [7.50/10]
 
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Gabe Dell
String

Anne Gwynne
Julie Mason

Victor Jory
Arnold Carter

Wallace Ford
Mr. York

James Flavin
Mr. White

Addison Richards
Capt. Stern, FAA

Dick Reinhart
Fish fry musician

Jimmy Wakely
Fish fry musician

Johnny Bond
Fish fry musician

Tom Steele
Fish fry brawler

Ethan Laidlaw
Fish fry brawler

Eddie Parker
Fish fry brawler

Milton Kibbee
Gas station attendant

Paul White
Black employee

Ben Lewis
Foreman

Jack Clifford
Motorcycle policeman


Charles S. Gould
Assistant Director

Eliot Gibbons
Original Story

John Boyle
Director of Photography

Frank Gross
Film Editor

Ralph M. DeLacy
Associate Art Director

Jack Otterson
Art Director

Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration

Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor

Charles Carroll
Sound Technician

Frank Skinner
Original Music

Charles Previn
Musical Director

Hans J. Salter
Musical Director


















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