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You're Not So Tough
You're Not So Tough
Directed by	Joe May
Written by	Arthur T. Horman (screenplay); Brenda Weiberg (screenplay); Maxwell Aley (story)
Produced by	Ken Goldsmith (associate producer)
Starring	The Dead End Kids; Little Tough Guys
Cinematography	Elwood Bredell
Music by	Hans J. Salter
Distributed by	Universal Studios
Release date	July 26, 1940;
Running time	65 min
Country	United States
Language	English

You're Not So Tough is a 1940 Universal Studios drama film directed by Joe May and starring Dead End Kids and the Little Tough Guys and was the first in the series where Billy Halop and Huntz Hall weren't billed in the opening credits before the Dead End Kids name.^[1]

Plot

The Dead End Kids ride a freight train through California. After the kids get arrested for vagrancy, members Tom and Pig are hired to work on a ranch owned by kindly Mama Posito. Tom learns that Posito hasn't seen her son in years, but believes that he may still be alive. In an attempt to steal her money, Tom decides to pose as her son. However, Posito's benevolency soon gets the best of Tom, and he decides to stay with her for love, rather than for greed.

Cast

The Dead End Kids

Billy Halop - Tommy Abraham Lincoln
Huntz Hall - Albert 'Pig'
Gabriel Dell - String
Bernard Punsly - Ape
Bobby Jordan - Rap

The Little Tough Guys

Hally Chester - Second Newsboy
Harris Berger - Jake, a Worker
David Gorcey - First Worker

Additional cast

Nan Grey - Millie
Henry Armetta - Salvatore
Rosina Galli- Mama (Lisa) Posita
Joe King - Collins
Arthur Loft - Marshall
Harry Hayden - Lacey
Eddy Waller - Les Griswold

Production

Billy Halop and Huntz Hall were now joined by fellow Dead End Kids Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, and Bobby Jordan, the latter making his first of three appearances in the Universal series.

The series was now officially coined "The Dead End Kids and The Little Tough Guys". However, much of the attention for most of these entries would be on the original Dead End Kids, while the Little Tough Guys were often reduced to walk-on cameos.