Plot

Jean, a wealthy French kid, moves into the neighborhood. Muggs and the rest of the East Side Kids

East Side Kids

The East Side Kids were characters in a series of films released by Monogram Pictures from 1940 through 1945. Many of them were originally part of The Dead End Kids and The Little Tough Guys, and several of them later became members of The Bowery Boys....

 are reluctant to have a kid like Jean in town. Jean's nanny moved Jean into the neighborhood so that he could learn to be a normal kid. She enlists Muggs and his pals to teach Jean American games, and eventually invite him onto their baseball team. Muggs is happy at first, but later decides to kick Jean off the team, as he appears to be showing off too much. Jean's nanny talks some sense into Muggs and the kids, telling them that Jean just wants to be like them.

Production

This was one of the few East Side Kids movies in which Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell

Gabriel Dell was an American actor and one of the members of what came to be known as the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/The Bowery Boys.-Early life:...

 plays a member of the gang, and where Billy Benedict plays a different character.

Bill Chaney's only film as an East Side Kid.

Harry Langdon

Harry Langdon

Harry Philmore Langdon was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films , and talkies. He was briefly partnered with Oliver Hardy.-Life and career:...

's last movie released during his lifetime.

Cast

The East Side Kids:

• Leo Gorcey
  Leo Gorcey
  Leo Bernard Gorcey was an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying on film the leader of the group of young hooligans known variously as the Dead End Kids, The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. Always the most pugnacious member of the gangs he participated in, young Leo...
  
   - Ethelbert 'Muggs' McGinnis
• Huntz Hall
  Huntz Hall
  Henry Richard "Huntz" Hall was an American radio, theatrical, and motion picture performer noted primarily for his roles in the "Dead End Kids" movies, such as Angels with Dirty Faces , which gave way to the "The Bowery Boys" movie franchise, a prolific and highly successful series of comedies in...
  
   - Glimpy
• Gabriel Dell
  Gabriel Dell
  Gabriel Dell was an American actor and one of the members of what came to be known as the Dead End Kids/East Side Kids/The Bowery Boys.-Early life:...
  
   - Skinny (a.k.a. Pinky)
• Jimmy Strand - Danny
• Bill Chaney - Tobey

Additional Cast:

• Billy Benedict - Butch
• Fred Pressel - Jean
• Roberta Smith
  Roberta Smith
  Roberta Smith is an art critic for the New York Times and a lecturer on contemporary art.Born in New York City and raised in Lawrence, Kansas, Smith studied at Grinnell College in Iowa. Her career in the arts started in 1968 while an undergraduate summer intern at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in...
  
   - Jinx
• Noah Beery - Judge
• Harry Langdon
  Harry Langdon
  Harry Philmore Langdon was an American comedian who appeared in vaudeville, silent films , and talkies. He was briefly partnered with Oliver Hardy.-Life and career:...
  
   - Higgins
• Minerva Urecal
  Minerva Urecal
  Minerva Urecal was an American actressBorn as Minerva Holzer, Urecal was originally a radio and stage performer. She made her film debut in 1933...
  
   - Amelia Rogiet
• Jack Gilman - Batter
• Kay Marvis - Irma
• Tom Herbert - Meyer
• Bernard Gorcey - Lippman
• Charles Murray Jr. - Umpire
• The Ashburns - Themselves (uncredited)
• Jimmy Noone - Himself (uncredited)
• Robert F. Hill
  Robert F. Hill
  Robert F. Hill was a Canadian film director, screenwriter, and actor during the silent film era.-Selected filmography:-External links:...
  
  - Doctor (uncredited)