Hot Shots is a 1956 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 December 23, 1956 by Monogram Pictures

Monogram Pictures

Monogram Pictures Corporation is a Hollywood studio that produced and released films, most on low budgets, between 1931 and 1953, when the firm completed a transition to the name Allied Artists Pictures Corporation. Monogram is considered a leader among the smaller studios sometimes referred to...

 and is the forty-third film in the series. It was directed by Jean Yarbrough

Jean Yarbrough

Jean Yarbrough was an American film director.-Biography:He was born in Marianna, the seat of Lee County in southeastern Arkansas. After attending the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, he entered the film business in 1922, first as a propman, but he steadily rose in the ranks to...

 and written by Jack Townley

Jack Townley

Jack Townley was an American screenwriter. He wrote for nearly 100 films between 1926 and 1957.He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California.-Selected filmography:...

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Synopsis

A spoiled child television star steals Sach and Duke's car. After retrieving the vehicle, the duo "teach the kid a lesson". Television executives, who are disgruntled by the child, are impressed by the duo who are then hired to watch after the boy. The child's uncle/manager is not happy with Sach and Duke's influence over the child so he gets the two fired and then kidnaps the boy for ransom

Ransom

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, to cover up his stealing the boys earnings. Sach and Duke then rescue him.

The Bowery Boys

• 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
• Stanley Clements
  Stanley Clements
  Stanley Clements was an American actor and comedian.Stanley Clements was born Stanislaw Klimowicz in Long Island, New York. Young Stan realized that he wanted a show-business career while he was in grammar school, and when he graduated from college he toured in vaudeville for two years...
  
   as Stanislaus 'Duke' Coveleskie
• 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 Charles 'Chuck' Anderson
• Jimmy Murphy as Myron

Remaining cast

• Philip Phillips as Joey Munroe
• Joi Lansing
  Joi Lansing
  Joi Lansing was an American model, film and television actress, as well as a nightclub singer. She was most noted for her pin-up photos, and for her minor roles in B-movies...
  
   as Connie Forbes
• Queenie Smith
  Queenie Smith
  Queenie Smith was an American stage, television, and film actress.-Biography:Smith got an early start, being trained in ballet and dance and spent her teen years performing as a dancer with the Metropolitan Opera Company in operas such as Aida, La Traviata, and Faust...
  
   as Mrs. Kate Kelly
• Robert Shayne
  Robert Shayne
  Robert Shayne , born Robert Shaen Dawe, was an American actor.-Career:Shayne played many character roles in movies and television, such as a 1943 movie entitled Wagon Wheels West, but he is best remembered for his portrayal of the recurring character Police Inspector William "Bill" Henderson on the...
  
   as P.M. Morley
• Mark Dana as George Slater
• Henry Rowland
  Henry Rowland (actor)
  Henry Rowland was an American film actor.-Biography:Rowland had heavily Teutonic facial features, making him an invaluable commodity in wartime films, even though he was born in the American Midwest. Rowland "heiled" and "achtunged" his way through films ranging such as Casablanca to Russ Meyer's...
  
   as Karl
• Isabel Randolph as Mrs. Taylor
• Ray Walker as Capt. W.K. Wells