Jinx Money (1948)

Name: Jinx Money
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Released: 1948-06-27
Duration: 68 min
Rating: 5.6
Cast: Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Betty Caldwell, Sheldon Leonard, John Eldredge

Jinx Money (1948), directed by William Beaudine, starring Leo Gorcey and Huntz Hall.

06/27/1948 BR Comedy and Crime 1h 8m

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Synopsis

A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.

Marcel Le PicardCinematography
William BeaudineDirector
William AustinEditing
Jan GrippoProducer

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Jinx Money is a 1948 American comedy film directed by William Beaudine and starring the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. It is the tenth film in the series and the first one to include Bennie Bartlett as part of the team.

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Plot

Pollack, an underworld gambler, is murdered, but before he dies he hides $50,000 that he just won gambling in a newspaper and kicks it under a car. The next day Sach and Slip are walking in the street and find the paper and the cash. Gabe, who is a reporter, runs a story on them finding the money and the gangsters that Pollack won the money from come looking for them. One by one they take the money from the boys and are immediately killed by the mysterious "umbrella". Eventually the boys get tired of having the money taken from them and people dying around them so they hand the money over to the police. The "umbrella", not knowing that the boys no longer have the money, comes to collect it from them and is captured by the police who were staking the boys hideout waiting for the killer.

After a short period of time the police return the money to the boys since no one has claimed it. They immediately hand over $38,000 to various charities that they promised the money to. Just as they were celebrating an IRS officer arrives and collects the remaining $12,000 for taxes and they are left broke and still owing Louie $5.00. As they leave the Sweet Shop they see a $5.00 bill on the street and scramble for it, with Slip finally getting it. But his possession of it does not last long as Louie steps in and takes it to settle their tab with him.

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

Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski

Sheldon Leonard as Lippy Harris

Donald MacBride as Lt. Broderick

Ben Weldon as Benny the meatball

Betty Caldwell as Candy

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Three" on October 1, 2013.

References

External links

Jinx Money at IMDb

Jinx Money at the TCM Movie Database (archived)

Jinx Money at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Text from Jinx Money on Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinx_Money

Trivia

It premiered on June 27, 1948, a Sunday.
It runs 1h08 — short for a feature film.
It is film 10 of 48 in the The Bowery Boys franchise.
This film's quiz has 12 questions — enough to play more than once without repeats.

Production

StudiosMonogram Pictures
CountriesUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
StatusReleased

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Marcel Le Picard Cinematography
William Beaudine Director
William Austin Editing
Jan Grippo Producer
Edmond Seward Screenplay
Gerald Schnitzer Screenplay
Tim Ryan Screenplay

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What is Jinx Money about?

Jinx Money: A man wins $50,000 in a card game with gamblers, but is soon found dead and the money missing. Slip and Sach find the money near where the body was discovered, and soon find themselves the target of both the police and the gamblers.

Who directed Jinx Money?

Jinx Money was directed by William Beaudine in 1948.

Who stars in Jinx Money?

The cast of Jinx Money includes Leo Gorcey, Huntz Hall, Betty Caldwell, Sheldon Leonard and John Eldredge.

How long is Jinx Money?

Jinx Money runs for 68 minutes, or 1h08.

What is the correct order of the The Bowery Boys Collection films?

The The Bowery Boys Collection franchise has 48 films in the catalogue. In release order: O Cadáver Esperto; Em Rápida Companhia; Um Invento Engenhoso; Cientista da Fuzarca; Macumba; Os Anjos e o Necromante; Aposta de Má Fé; Tesouro Maldito.