Loose in London is a 1953 comedy film

Comedy film

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 starring The Bowery Boys

The Bowery Boys

The Bowery Boys were fictional New York City characters who were the subject of feature films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958....

. The film was released on May 24, 1953 by Allied Artists and is the thirtieth film in the series.

Plot

Sach receives notice that a dying British earl is his long-lost relative. He travels there with the rest of the gang after exchanging his free first-class ticket for four economy class tickets. Meanwhile, Louie, who is on board to say goodbye, gets locked in a closet and becomes a stowaway. When the boys arrive in London they are treated with disdain from the earl's other relatives, who are secretly plotting to kill the earl. Sach livens up the earl by telling him to eat ice cream instead of his medicine, and generally making him laugh. The earl's health begins to improve and he decides to make Sach is sole heir. The other relatives decide they need to kill off the earl immediately, but are foiled by the boys. Unfortunately just before the earl is to sign the paperwork making Sach the heir, his lawyer arrives and informs them that he made an error and Sach isn't really his relative.

Production

The film was originally planned to be produced in 1950, under then title Knights of the Square Table. This is the first film in the series where Chuck and Butch are given last names, 'Anderson' and 'Williams', respectively.

The Bowery Boys

• 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...
  
   as Terrance Aloysius 'Slip' Mahoney
• 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...
  
   as Horace Debussy 'Sach' Jones
• David Gorcey
  David Gorcey
  David Gorcey was an American actor and comedian best known as being a member of the comedy team of The Bowery Boys. He was the younger brother of Dead End Kids member Leo Gorcey.-Career:...
  
   as Chuck Anderson (Credited as David Condon)
• Bennie Bartlett as Butch Williams

Remaining cast

• Bernard Gorcey as Louie Dumbrowski
• Walter Kingsford
  Walter Kingsford
  Walter Kingsford was a British stage, film and television actor born in Redhill, Surrey, England. He was born Walter Pearce and had several sisters...
  
   as Sir Percy, Earl of Walsingham
• Norma Varden
  Norma Varden
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   as Aunt Agatha
• Angela Greene as Lady Marcia