Jungle Gents

Jungle Gents
Directed by	Edward Bernds
Written by	Edward Bernds Elwood Ullman
Produced by	Ben Schwalb
Starring	Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey Bernard Gorcey
Cinematography	Harry Neumann
Edited by	Sam Fields
Music by	Marlin Skiles
Production company	Allied Artists Pictures
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures
Release date	September 5, 1954 (1954-09-05)
Running time	64 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Jungle Gents is a 1954 American comedy film directed by Edward Bernds and starring The Bowery Boys. The film was released on September 5, 1954 by Allied Artists and is the thirty-fifth film in the series and the film debut of Clint Walker in an uncredited appearance at the end of the film.

Plot

Sach obtains the ability to smell diamonds after he starts taking medication for a sinus infection. He and the boys go off to Africa in search of wealth, with Grimshaw as their guide. A gang of thieves comes along and tries to steal any diamonds that they may find. They capture the boys and insist they help the thieves find diamonds. The boys are unwilling to help so they try to get Sach to catch a cold so he cannot smell any diamonds. Unfortunately the thieves enlist a witch doctor to cure Sach. A native jungle girl, Anatta, who only wants a "kiss, kiss, kiss" from Sach, comes along and rescues them.

Cast

The Bowery Boys

• Leo Gorcey as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
• Huntz Hall as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
• David Gorcey as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
• Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams

Remaining cast

• Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
• Patrick O'Moore as Grimshaw
• Rudolph Anders as Dr. Goebel
• Laurette Luez as Anatta
• Clint Walker (as Anatta's mate)
• Emory Parnell as Police Capt. Daly

Production

The jungle sets are the same ones used for the 1949-1955 film series starring Bomba, the Jungle Boy.^[1]

Home media

Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part of "The Bowery Boys, Volume Four" on August 26, 2014.

References

1. Hayes, David (1984). The Films of the Bowery Boys. Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press. ISBN 978-0806509310.

External links

• Jungle Gents at IMDb
• Jungle Gents at the TCM Movie Database
• Jungle Gents at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films

Preceded by The Bowery Boys Meet the Monsters 1954

'The Bowery Boys' movies 1946-1958

Succeeded by Bowery to Bagdad 1955