Mr. Muggs Rides Again
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Mr. Muggs Rides Again is a 1945 film starring The East Side Kids
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Additional Cast:
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....
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Plot
When jockey Muggs is mistakenly accused of cheating in a big race, he gets disqualified and suspended from racing. To make matters worse, Muggs' horse is being threatened to be sent to the glue factory. It's up to the East Side Kids, with a little help from elderly horse-and-stable owner (Minerva UrecalMinerva 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...
) to keep the horse safe.
Production
- This is the only film in which Johnny Duncan is a member of the East Side Kids.
- Also appearing in this film is John H. Allen as 'Scruno'. While having the same character name as former East Side Kid "Sunshine Sammy" Morrison, the actual character appears to be different.
- Muggs' middle name is revealed to be "Aloysius". Leo GorceyLeo GorceyLeo 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...
would later adopt this as his character middle name in the The Bowery BoysThe Bowery BoysThe Bowery Boys were fictional New York City characters who were the subject of feature films released by Monogram Pictures from 1946 through 1958....
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Cast
The East Side Kids:- Ethelbert Aloysius 'Muggs' McGinnis - Leo GorceyLeo GorceyLeo 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...
- Glimpy - Huntz HallHuntz HallHenry 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...
- Skinny - Billy Benedict
- Squeegie Robinson - Johnny Duncan
- Danny (a.k.a. Sam) - Buddy GormanBuddy GormanCharles J. "Buddy" Gorman is an American stage and movie actor who became famous for portraying a member of the comedy teams, The East Side Kids and The Bowery Boys. Prior to acting he tried out for the Brooklyn Dodgers farm team, the Montreal Royals, as a shortstop...
- Sam (a.k.a. Danny) - Mende Koenig
Additional Cast:
- Nora 'Ma' Brown - Minerva UrecalMinerva UrecalMinerva Urecal was an American actressBorn as Minerva Holzer, Urecal was originally a radio and stage performer. She made her film debut in 1933...
- Elsie Brown - Nancy Brinckman
- Gaby O'Nell (a.k.a. Gaby Dell) - Bernard Thomas
- Dollar Davis - George MeekerGeorge MeekerGeorge Meeker was an American character movie and Broadway actor who became more of a legend off-camera than on. Meeker made several movies such as Crime Inc. , and Thief in the Dark and played an uncredited part in All Through the Night .Meeker has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-External...
- Scruno - John H. Allen
- Dr. Feltcher - Piere Watkin
- Veterinarian - Milton KibbeeMilton KibbeeMilton Kibbee was an American film actor. He appeared in over 360 films between 1933 and 1953.He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and died in Simi Valley, California...
- Steward Farnsworth - Frank Jaquet
- Meyer - Bernard Gorcey
- Mike Hanlin - I. Stanford JolleyI. Stanford JolleyIsaac Stanford Jolley, Sr., known as I. Stanford Jolley was a prolific American character actor of film and television, primarily in western roles as cowboys, law-enforcement officers, or villains...
- Joe English - Michael OwenMichael OwenMichael James Owen is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Manchester United.The son of former footballer Terry Owen, Owen began his senior career at Liverpool in 1996. He progressed through the Liverpool youth team and scored on his debut in May 1997...
- Nurse - Betty SinclairBetty SinclairBetty Sinclair was an Irish communist activist.Born to a Protestant family in the Ardoyne area of Belfast, Sinclair became a mill worker and joined the Revolutionary Workers’ Group in 1932. In 1933, she was involved in the Outdoor Relief Strike...
- Mike Forrest Taylor